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Public Lavatories: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether public conveniences are eligible for retail, hospitality and leisure business rate relief in 2025-26.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
2 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether public conveniences are eligible for retail, hospitality and leisure business rate relief in 2025-26.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Retail Hospitality and Leisure Rate Relief Scheme 2025/26 does not expressly provide relief for public conveniences. Public toilets may indirectly benefit from RHL relief where they are not separately-assessed and instead form part of a larger propert...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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