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Question follow-through · 105434

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend business rates relief to retail businesses.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
19 Jan 2026
Answer
19 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend business rates relief to retail businesses.

  2. 19 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Jan 2026

    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 and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. RVs are re-assessed every three years. The most recent r...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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