Airports: Non-domestic Rates

(asked on 14th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 100924, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing business rate relief for airports.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 19th October 2020

The?Government keeps all tax policy under review and is conducting a fundamental review of the business rates system in England. A Call for Evidence was published on 21 July and the Government is now considering responses.

A range of measures to support all businesses, including airports, has been made available, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms keep people in employment, and the deferral of Value Added Tax (VAT) payments.

The Government has also launched a new Global Travel Taskforce in order to support the travel industry and the safe recovery of international travel.

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