Written Question·Treasury·UIN 99156

Retail Trade: Business Rates

Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the proportion of premises that will be subject to higher-multiple business rates which are solely or primarily classed within Standard Industrial Classification code (a) 47910, (b) 479

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
We are delivering a long overdue reform to rebalance the business rates system and support the high street, as promised in our manifesto. We are doing this by introducing new permanently lower tax rates for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure propert...

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