Question follow-through · 100190

Public Houses: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on business costs to the average pub.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
17 Dec 2025
Answer
22 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on business costs to the average pub.

  2. 17 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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