Question follow-through · 102744

Educational Institutions: Business Rates

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

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 5 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 8 Jan 2026
Answer: 8 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
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
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Valuation Office Agency has published official statistics around the change in the rateable value of non-domestic properties in England and Wales for the 2026 revaluation on GOV.UK.These statistics include the number of properties with a Rateable Valu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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