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Question follow-through · 109627

Music Venues and Public Houses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the business rate information letter entitled 1/2026: Pubs and live music venues relief 2026 to 2027, of 27 January 2026, what the cost is of the new relief in (a) 2026-27, (b) 2027-28 and (c) 2028

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
10 Feb 2026
Answer
10 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the business rate information letter entitled 1/2026: Pubs and live music venues relief 2026 to 2027, of 27 January 2026, what the cost is of the new relief in (a) 2026-27, (b) 2027-28 and (c) 2028

  2. 10 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    From April, every pub and live music venue will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget and then bills will be frozen in real terms for a further two years. Final costings will be confirmed at a fiscal event in th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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