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Written question asked by James Murray (Labour) on Thursday, 21 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 26 March 2024 (named day). It was answered by Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 March 2024 on behalf of the Treasury.


Empty Property: Business Rates

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 37 of his Department's publication entitled, Spring Budget 2024: Policy Costings, published in March 2024, if he will publish the figures used by his Department for the size of the tax base in calculating those costings.

Answer

The policy costing was based on data reflecting business rates receipts and reliefs as reported by local authorities in the National Non-Domestic Rates forms, which are publicly available on the gov.uk website.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
19974
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Costs Empty property Business rates
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk