Written Question·Treasury·UIN 103193

Pre-school Education: Business Rates

Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 14 January 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

ConservativeSouth Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to remove business rates for early years providers.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Business rates are a broad-based tax on the value of non-domestic properties, including nurseries. To protect small businesses, the Government has frozen the small business multiplier for 2025-26. Taken together with Small Business Rates Relief, this inte...

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