Question follow-through · 7879
Small Businesses: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on the viability of small and medium-sized enterprises.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on the viability of small and medium-sized enterprises.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
If a property loses eligibility for Small Business Rate Relief at the 2026 Revaluation, the Supporting Small Business (SSB) scheme caps bill increases for three years at £800 per year or the relevant Transitional Relief cap. At the Budget, the VO announce...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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