Question follow-through · 17137
Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of properties that the proposed new multiplier above £500,000 Rateable Value will apply to by (a) special categories and (b) sector.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of properties that the proposed new multiplier above £500,000 Rateable Value will apply to by (a) special categories and (b) sector.
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2024
Answer published
The VOA regularly publishes official Non-Domestic Rating statistics on gov.uk here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/valuation-office-agency-non-domestic-rating-statistics. The number of properties over £500,000 in rateable value, broken down by ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Business Rates
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Business Rates: Tax Allowances
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Private Education: Business Rates
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Small Businesses: Business Rates
11 Dec 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to maintain small business rate relief from 2026-27.
Film: Business Rates
11 Dec 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the higher business rate surcharge on hereditaments above £500,000 Rateable Value will apply to film studios; and how this change will interact with film studio rate relief.
Airports: Business Rates
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made to the valuation of airports for business rates in the last 24 months; and what representations her Department has received on that issue in that period.
Nurseries: Business Rates
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Private Education: Business Rates
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average Rateable Value is of an independent school.
Airports: Business Rates
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Public Houses: Business Rates
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information other than address and rateable value the Valuation Office Agency holds on pubs for business rate purposes.
Swimming Pools: Business Rates
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency holds data on the average rateable value of municipal swimming pools.
Film: Business Rates
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to continue the 2024 to 2034 film studio business rate relief announced in March 2024 at the rate announced at that time.