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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

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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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

  1. 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

  2. 9 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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