Question follow-through · 109972
Leisure: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of excluding soft play centres and other family focused venues from the 15 per cent business rates discount for pubs and music venues on those businesses; and whe
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of excluding soft play centres and other family focused venues from the 15 per cent business rates discount for pubs and music venues on those businesses; and whe
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
Pubs rents in business rates valuations are analysed differently to some other sectors. While most hospitality and leisure properties are valued by comparing the size of the property, pubs are valued by comparing their turnover potential. Industry bodies ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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