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Small Businesses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending business rates relief for small businesses.

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Treasury
Tabled
21 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
3 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending business rates relief for small businesses.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Currently, Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) is available to businesses with a single property below a set rateable value. Eligible properties under £12,000 will receive 100 per cent relief, which means over a third of businesses in England (more than 700...

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