Question follow-through · 120471
Horse Racing: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to 3/2026: Pubs and Live Music Venue Relief local authority guidance, whether race courses are still designated as retail, hospitality and leisure for the purposes of the RHL multiplier.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to 3/2026: Pubs and Live Music Venue Relief local authority guidance, whether race courses are still designated as retail, hospitality and leisure for the purposes of the RHL multiplier.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Mar 2026
Answer published
I refer the member to the answer given to UIN 97815 on the 8 December 2025
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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