Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to extend recent business rates support for pubs to other types of hospitality venues.

The Government has announced a £4.3 billion business rates support package to protect ratepayers across all sectors seeing large bill increases. This includes an expanded supporting small business scheme to support ratepayers losing retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) relief in April 2026.

In addition, the Government is introducing permanently lower tax multipliers for eligible RHL properties. These are worth almost £1 billion per year, and will benefit over 750,000 properties.

On top of this, pubs and live music venues will also benefit from 15% off their new business rates bills, ahead of their bills being frozen in real terms for a further two years.

As a result, over half of ratepayers will see no bill increases next year, including 23% seeing their bills go down. Government support also means that most properties seeing increases will see them capped at 15% or less next year, or £800 for the smallest properties.