Question follow-through · 107993
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how does the uplift in Rateable Values in the 2026 business rates revaluation affect the calculation of council funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2026-27; an
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 23 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how does the uplift in Rateable Values in the 2026 business rates revaluation affect the calculation of council funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2026-27; an
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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28 Jan 2026
Answer published
At revaluations, adjustments through the business rates retention system ensure that as far as possible local authorities do not see a change in the income they raise from business rates. In 2026-27, the business rates retention system is being reset as p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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