Question follow-through · 111569
Public Houses: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential cumulative impact of business rates, minimum wage increases, VAT, energy costs and alcohol duty on the viability of small and independently owned pubs.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 16 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential cumulative impact of business rates, minimum wage increases, VAT, energy costs and alcohol duty on the viability of small and independently owned pubs.
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the important contribution that small and independently owned pubs make to local communities, the high street and the wider economy. The potential impacts of changes on this sector are carefully considered as part of policy devel...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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