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Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Valuation Office Agency has made of the number of hereditaments that will pay the high-value multiplier by (a) sector type and (b) Special Category Code in 2026-27 based on the new Rating List.

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Treasury
Tabled
28 Nov 2025
Target answer date
2 Dec 2025
Answer
8 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Valuation Office Agency has made of the number of hereditaments that will pay the high-value multiplier by (a) sector type and (b) Special Category Code in 2026-27 based on the new Rating List.

  2. 2 Dec 2025

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  3. 8 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Statistics by sector type and special category code (Scat) as a result of the 2026 Revaluation and publication of the draft 2026 Rating List are published here: Change in rateable value of rating lists, 2026 Revaluation (CSV) The government has also, on B...

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