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Offices: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of the Valuation Office Agency's reclassification of flexible office spaces as single properties on (a) the level of business rates and (b) small and m
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of the Valuation Office Agency's reclassification of flexible office spaces as single properties on (a) the level of business rates and (b) small and m
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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25 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is responsible for valuing non-domestic property for business rates purposes. They are required to maintain accurate rating lists in England impartially and independently of central Government, and must consider developme...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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