Written Question·Treasury·UIN 114892

Public Houses: Rural Areas

Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk and Malton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency plans to amend rateable values for rural pubs in the context of proposed changes to drink driving thresholds.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Rateable values represent the annual rent a property could reasonably have been expected to achieve at the Antecedent Valuation Date (AVD), reflecting market evidence at that point in time. For the current 2023 rateable values the AVD is 1 April 2021, and...

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