Question follow-through · 6057
Business Rates: Small Businesses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the business rates system is supportive of SMEs; what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT rates for smaller and medium sized businesses;
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the business rates system is supportive of SMEs; what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT rates for smaller and medium sized businesses;
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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10 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government has extended Small Business Rates Relief to support small businesses to grow and expand, by giving them an additional two years of Small Business Rates Relief when they open a second premises. SMEs in rural areas may also be eligible for Ru...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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