Written Question·Treasury·UIN 7831
Public Houses: Business Rates
Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024
Question
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative — North West Essex
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024, to Question 4354, on Public Houses: Business Rates, whether the introduction of a pub smoking ban would be deemed to be a material consideration for the purposes of calcu
Answer
James MurraySchedule 6 of The Local Government Finance Act 1988 states that no account is to be taken of any matter that is directly attributable to a change in legislation when determining a pub’s rateable value.