Written Question·Treasury·UIN 78954

Business Rates: Valuation

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 15 October 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 44492 on Business Rates: Tax Allowances, if she will list the special category codes for the types of hereditaments whose valuation is assessed (a) in whole and (b

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Special category codes (SCAT) identify the type of property, not the valuation methodology adopted. They cannot be used to identify the valuation method because for some property types a receipts and expenditure, contractor’s or rental comparison methods ...

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