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Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Feb. 21 2024

Source Page: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment
Document: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (PDF)

Found: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment

Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Feb. 21 2024

Source Page: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment
Document: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (webpage)

Found: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nov. 30 2023

Source Page: Environment Secretary's speech at the Country Land and Business Association's rural business conference
Document: Environment Secretary's speech at the Country Land and Business Association's rural business conference (webpage)

Found: Environment Secretary's speech at the Country Land and Business Association's rural business conference

Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Oct. 13 2023

Source Page: Rural and islands housing action plan: business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA)
Document: Rural and Islands Housing Action Plan: Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (PDF)

Found: Rural and islands housing action plan: business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA)

Written Question
Business Rates: Rural Areas
Tuesday 21st November 2023

Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help small businesses in rural areas with increases in business rates.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) is available to businesses with a single property below a set rateable value. Eligible properties under £12,000 will receive 100 per cent relief, which means around a third of businesses in England (713,000) pay no business rates at all. There is also tapered support available to properties valued up to £15,000. This is a tax cut worth over £2.1 billion per year to support the smallest businesses.

Rural Rates Relief (RRR) is also available to businesses in eligible rural areas. Eligibility requirements can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-business-rate-relief/rural-rate-relief.

At Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced a package of changes and tax cuts worth £13.6 billion over the next five years, including a freeze to the business rates multiplier for 2023-24, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion over the next 5 years, meaning all bills are 6% lower than without the freeze.

Select Committee
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Business and Trade, and Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: UK trade policy: food and agriculture
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Business and Trade, and Department

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, and the Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade, 25 January 2024
 Comprehensive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Correspondence Jan. 25 2024

Committee: Economy and Fair Work Committee

Found: Comprehensive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs

Deposited Papers

Nov. 12 2008

Source Page: Table showing the location of vacant space in public buildings as at September 2008, broken down by government department and area size. 14 p.
Document: DEP2008-2689.xls (Excel)

Found: - SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCYBUDE-STRATTON BUSINESS PARKBUDE-STRATTON BUSINESS

Deposited Papers

Nov. 19 2008

Source Page: Table showing list of the names, addresses and size of the current non-sensitive vacant space in government property recorded on the e-PIMS database. 15 p.
Document: DEP2008-2767.xls (Excel)

Found: - SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCYBUDE-STRATTON BUSINESS PARKBUDE-STRATTON BUSINESS

Deposited Papers

Feb. 08 2010

Source Page: Table showing for each public body the (a) address, (b) total floor area and (c) vacant space recorded on the electronic property information mapping service e-PIMs database. 12 p.
Document: DEP2010-0358.xls (Excel)

Found: for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDEFRA - DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSLONDON