Question follow-through · 84857
Hospitality Industry
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent changes to (a) business rates relief, (b) VAT and (c) employer's National Insurance contributions on (i) small and medium-sized hospitality b
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent changes to (a) business rates relief, (b) VAT and (c) employer's National Insurance contributions on (i) small and medium-sized hospitality b
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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30 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the vital role that all hospitality businesses play in supporting the UK’s economy and communities. That is why, as set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower business rates multipliers for ret...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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