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Written Question
Cemeteries: Non-domestic Rates
Tuesday 17th March 2020

Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cemeteries pay business rates in England; and how much revenue was raised from business rates paid by cemeteries in the last two financial years.

Answered by Jesse Norman

The Government does not hold this information.

Properties which are exempt from business rates, including some cemeteries, are not assessed by the Valuation Office Agency.

Written Question
Cemeteries: Non-domestic Rates
Tuesday 17th March 2020

Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cemeteries operated by parish councils pay business rates in England; and how much revenue was raised from business rates from such cemeteries in the last two financial years.

Answered by Jesse Norman

The Government does not hold this information.

Properties which are exempt from business rates, including some cemeteries, are not assessed by the Valuation Office Agency.