Question follow-through · 108652

Business Rates: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government correspondence entitled 4/2025: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) Multipliers, published on 17 November 2025, if she will publish the V

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
29 Jan 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government correspondence entitled 4/2025: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) Multipliers, published on 17 November 2025, if she will publish the V

  2. 29 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

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