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Written question asked by Baroness Rebuck (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 October 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 31 October 2017. It was answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 October 2017 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Non-domestic Rates

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to extend the scheme providing a £1,000 discount to pubs with a rateable value of less than £100,000; and, if so, whether this plan will cover bookshops.

Answer

The Government currently has no plans to extend the pubs' relief scheme. However, the Government has taken action to support small business. It put in place a £3.6 billion package of transitional relief and permanently doubled small business rate relief meaning 600,000 small businesses will pay no business rates at all.

In addition, at the Spring Budget the Government announced £110 million support to help ratepayers losing small business rates relief and rural rate relief – this will ensure increases in their bills this year are capped at £600.

It also included a £300 million discretionary relief fund for local authorities to design their own schemes. Subject to meeting the criteria for local discretionary schemes, bookshops may also be eligible for support from this fund.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2144
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Business rates Tax allowances Bookshops
Link
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