Written Question·Treasury·UIN 108655

Public Houses: Business Rates

Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of how many and the proportion of pubs hereditaments assigned Valuation Office Agency Special Category Code 226 which were eligible for the 40 per cent Retail, Hospitality and L

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
MHCLG publish data on the number of properties benefitting from RHL relief. You can find the information here: National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: forecast 2025 to 2026 - GOV.UK