Question follow-through · 43098
Business Rates: Valuation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £500,000 rateable value threshold will be uprated in April 2026 in line with the average percentage uplift in aggregate rateable values from the 2026 business rates revaluation.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £500,000 rateable value threshold will be uprated in April 2026 in line with the average percentage uplift in aggregate rateable values from the 2026 business rates revaluation.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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9 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for high street retail, hospitality, and leisure properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This tax cut must be sustainably funded, and so the Government intends to apply...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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