Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing the system for assessing the level of business rates levied on public houses and hotels; and if he will make a statement.

Business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we are not involved in their independent assessments. At the Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced we are extending for a further year the £1,000 business rates discount for eligible pubs with a rateable value of under £100,000.