Question follow-through · 21243
Music Venues: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the reduction in business rate relief for grassroots music venues on (a) the number of jobs in the music industry and (b) early-career musicians.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the reduction in business rate relief for grassroots music venues on (a) the number of jobs in the music industry and (b) early-career musicians.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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7 Jan 2025
Answer published
At the Autumn Budget, the Government announced that retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties will receive 40% relief (up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business) for 2025-26.The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee’s report on grassroots music ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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