Question follow-through · 101133
Beer and Public Houses: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Valuation Office Agency on the application of business rates to pubs and breweries.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Valuation Office Agency on the application of business rates to pubs and breweries.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2026
Answer published
I have regular discussions with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), who are responsible for independently valuing properties.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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