Written Question·Treasury·UIN 103001
Retail Trade: Business Rates
Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis has been conducted on the potential impact of business rates levels on commercial vacancy rates.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonEmpty Property Relief (EPR) operates by providing owners of empty non-domestic properties with 100% relief for the first 3 months (or 6 months for industrial properties) after a property becomes empty. If the property remains empty once the relief period ...
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