Question follow-through · 76728

Small Businesses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of how many small businesses in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency are losing all Small Business Rates Relief when opening their second premises.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
19 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of how many small businesses in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency are losing all Small Business Rates Relief when opening their second premises.

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    We are creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century.As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, a...

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