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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether transitional funding will be made available to community and amateur sports clubs that will be affected by the increase in business rates.

Rateable values are set independently of Ministers by the Valuation Office Agency.

Community and amateur sports clubs already receive a mandatory 80 per cent relief on their business rates and local authorities have discretion to top this up. The Government has put in place a £3.6 billion package of transitional relief to support the minority of businesses that do face an increase. We are working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to those businesses facing the steepest increases and we expect to be able to make an announcement on this at Budget.