Question follow-through · 103654
Hospitality Industry: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the combined impact of (a) business rates revaluation, (b) the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure discount and (c) recent changes to employment costs and alcohol duty on small
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the combined impact of (a) business rates revaluation, (b) the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure discount and (c) recent changes to employment costs and alcohol duty on small
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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13 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government has assessed the cumulative impacts of measures announced over recent Budgets on businesses and households. Taken together, these measures raise revenue to support the public finances in a fair way, whilst providing targeted support. The Go...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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