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.

answeredTreasury

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Treasury
Tabled
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Jan 2025
Answer
7 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 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.

  2. 6 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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 ...

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