Question follow-through · 105142
Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to replace the existing system of business rates.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to replace the existing system of business rates.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government is delivering a long overdue reform to rebalance the business rates system and support the high street, as promised in our manifesto.The Government is doing this by introducing new permanently lower tax rates for eligible retail, hospitalit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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