Question follow-through · 54710
Public Houses: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to encourage communities to purchase public houses through the tax system.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to encourage communities to purchase public houses through the tax system.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2025
Answer published
The government recognises the important role that pubs play in supporting high streets and local communities. At the Autumn Budget the Chancellor introduced a range of measures that support pubs. These included doubling the Employment Allowance to £10,500...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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