Written Question·Treasury·UIN 112904

Nurseries: Business Rates

Tabled: 11 February 2026
Answered: 26 February 2026

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will extend business rates exemptions to nurseries delivering Government-funded childcare places, comparable to the exemptions recently announced for pubs and to those that apply to schools and academies.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Business rates are a broad-based tax on the value of non-domestic properties, including nurseries. At the Budget, the Government announced a £4.3 billion support package announced at the Budget to support ratepayers across all sectors seeing bill increase...

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