Question follow-through · 99161
Hotels: Business Rates and Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions and business rates in Budgets 2024 and 2025 on the price competitiveness of UK hotels for inbound internat
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions and business rates in Budgets 2024 and 2025 on the price competitiveness of UK hotels for inbound internat
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 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.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Educational Institutions: Business Rates
5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of premises that will be in the new, higher multiplier bracket for properties with a Rateable Value of £500,000, that will be in SIC code Sector P (85) [Education]; and what
Warehouses: Business Rates
12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her reference to warehouses in the Budget statement, Hansard 26 November 2025, Col 395, in relation to Business Rates was referring to Valuation Office Agency Special Category Code 151.
Business Rates: Valuation
12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential of business rates revaluation and the new multiplier bands from April 2026 on (a) hotels, (b) Sports & Leisure Centres, (c) theatres, (d) live music venues and (e) other
Further Education: Business Rates
12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) business rates revaluation and (b) the new multiplier bands from April 2026 on Further Education colleges.
Further Education: Business Rates
26 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on Further Education Colleges of (a) business rates revaluation and (b) the new multiplier bands from April 2026.
Schools: Business Rates
5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 102744 on Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates, what estimate she has made for the total business rates liability for the current set of propert
Further Education: Business Rates
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the change in business rates liability for the further education college sector in 2026/7 relative to 2024/5.
Bank Services
13 May 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) the roll-out of banking hubs and (b) post offices to meet in-person banking needs beyond cash.
Bank Services: Post Offices
13 May 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of standardising cash and banking services in the next iteration of the Banking Framework between Post Office and the banking industry.
Energy: VAT
29 May 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her department has concluded its review into the Energy Saving Materials Framework; and when a decision is expected regarding the extension of its current sunset clause of March 2027.
Payments: Fraud
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of use of The Payment Services (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
Payments: Fraud
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department holds data on how many times in 2025 the provisions of the Payment Services (Amendment) Regulations 2024 were used; and what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) value of attempted