Question follow-through · 118023
Sports: Business Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of sports clubs and community sport facilities in England that will qualify for the retail, hospitality and lei
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of sports clubs and community sport facilities in England that will qualify for the retail, hospitality and lei
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department only collects aggregate data on the rateable values and reliefs and does not collect data broken down by type of business. Forecast data for 2025-26 is published on gov.uk here. Support for ratepayers facing increases in their business rate...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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