Question follow-through · 108283

Public Houses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public houses in England and Wales did the Valuation Office Agency request trading figures from for the purposes of calculating their Fair Maintainable Turnover for the 2026 ratings list.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
28 Jan 2026
Answer
3 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public houses in England and Wales did the Valuation Office Agency request trading figures from for the purposes of calculating their Fair Maintainable Turnover for the 2026 ratings list.

  2. 28 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Valuation Office Agency requested trading information from approximately 37,000 public houses for the 2026 Revaluation.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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