Written Question·Treasury·UIN 109387

Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates

Tabled: 28 January 2026
Answered: 6 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the methodology used by the Valuation Office Agency to calculate recent rateable value increases for self-catering accommodation.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Self-catered accommodation is valued in the same way as any other class of non-domestic property; through applying the statutory and common law principles that apply across non-domestic rating.