Question follow-through · 25034

Sports: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits o introducing business rates relief for community sports clubs comparable to that available for public houses.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits o introducing business rates relief for community sports clubs comparable to that available for public houses.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Community sports clubs are eligible for the new permanently lower multipliers for eligible RHL properties. These provide nearly £1 billion per year of support to the RHL sector and benefit over 750,000 properties.The Government has introduced a support pa...

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