Question follow-through · 89098
Business Rates: Wholesale Trade
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its plans for business rates reform on the (a) wholesale sector and (b) (i) number of jobs and (ii) levels of costs in the wholesale sector.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its plans for business rates reform on the (a) wholesale sector and (b) (i) number of jobs and (ii) levels of costs in the wholesale sector.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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13 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower businessrates multipliers fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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