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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the criteria used to determine the eligibility for discretionary business rate relief.

Under section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 local authorities are able to provide discretionary business rates relief to ratepayers within their area, having regard to the interests of their local council tax payers. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/41/section/47/enacted

It is for the relevant billing authority to determine the eligibility criteria of the local discretionary business rate reliefs they choose to award.