Question follow-through · 107883

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 105434 on Retail Trade: Business Rates, how many retail businesses will be impacted by transitional relief measures.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
26 Jan 2026
Answer
30 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 105434 on Retail Trade: Business Rates, how many retail businesses will be impacted by transitional relief measures.

  2. 26 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government publishes data on the number of properties receiving business rates relief. This data can be found at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-non-domestic-rates-colle...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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