Question follow-through · 81703
Small Businesses: Energy Performance Certificates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will introduce tax reliefs for small businesses undertaking works to improve their properties’ Energy Performance Certificate ratings to a minimum of an EPC rating of C.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will introduce tax reliefs for small businesses undertaking works to improve their properties’ Energy Performance Certificate ratings to a minimum of an EPC rating of C.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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20 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government keeps all tax reliefs under review, in order to ensure they strike the right balance between keeping taxes simple to administer, well-targeted and effective. When considering any new tax reliefs, HM Treasury must ensure that a relief is the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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