Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he holds data on (1) the aggregate number of hereditaments which claimed Retail, Hospitality and Leisure rate relief in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26, (2) the average Rateable Value of such hereditaments, (3) the distribution of Special Category Code of such hereditaments and (4) any such data by local authority.

The number of hereditaments receiving the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief as at 31 December 2024 can be found in Table 4 on gov.uk here.

This is based on a snapshot taken by local authorities on or as close to the 31 December 2024.

The snapshot as at 31 December 2025 is currently being collected and will be published by the end of March.

The Department does not collect data on the rateable value or the Special Category code of the hereditaments that received this relief.