Question follow-through · 97054
Business Rates: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the number and type of businesses that will be impacted by business rates relief changes announced in the Budget 2025 in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) the East of England and (c) t
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the number and type of businesses that will be impacted by business rates relief changes announced in the Budget 2025 in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) the East of England and (c) t
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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11 Dec 2025
Answer published
The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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