Question follow-through · 117466
Performing Arts: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to make comedy venues eligible for the 15% business rates relief.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to make comedy venues eligible for the 15% business rates relief.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government has defined in guidance which properties will be eligible for the relief announced on 27th January 2026 based on definitions used previously in the business rates system. Individual Local Authorities will need to determine which properties ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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