Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 60277
Voluntary Organisations: Business Rates
Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to address variation between local authorities in the application of discretionary business rates relief for not-for-profit organisations.
Answer
Jim McMahonSection 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 provides billing authorities with discretionary powers to award business rates reliefs to properties within their area. This is a local decision for individual billing authorities.