United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 134056
Empty Property: Business Rates
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3 March 2022
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14 March 2022 · Answer
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14 March 2022
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging empty high street properties additional business rates in the event that they do not allow local start-up businesses from utilising their space at a
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3 March 2022
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging empty high street properties additional business rates in the event that they do not allow local start-up businesses from utilising their space at a
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14 March 2022
Answer
The business rates system ensures that the owners of most empty buildings pay 100 per cent of the business rates bill once the property has been unoccupied for three months, or six months for industrial buildings. This current structure strikes the right ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-03/134056
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1437732
- uk · wq-1437732 · source updated 14 March 2022