Written Question·Treasury·UIN 107479

Hotels: Business Rates

Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 6 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Valuation Office Agency’s valuation method for small independent hotels.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
We recognise that hotels have expressed concerns about how they are valued for business rates. Hotels valuations are undertaken in a different way to some other sectors. The methodology used is well established, but, as with pubs, the government has annou...

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