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Children's Play and Leisure: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of business rates revaluations on indoor leisure and soft play businesses operating from large premises.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
12 Feb 2026
Answer
17 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of business rates revaluations on indoor leisure and soft play businesses operating from large premises.

  2. 12 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    I refer you to my previous answer to PQ 111499.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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