Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 7 January 2026 to Question HL13000 on Police and Crime Commissioners, whether those savings include the operational costs of PCC functions being transferred to the offices of elected combined authority mayors.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
As set out in the government’s answer to Question HL13000, we expect to be able to save at least £20m per annum from 2028/29 as a result of aligning back office and support arrangements for policing governance with wider local government functions.
This includes savings as a result of transferring PCC functions to combined authority mayors.
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to ensure the Valuation Office Agency's online calculator on gov.uk for the affect of the 2026 revaluation includes the GLA Crossrail supplement on hereditaments in London.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
The estimator tool has been taken down as standard practice ahead of billing authorities issuing bills, to reduce confusion for customers. Businesses can still check their rateable value via the Valuation Office Agency’s online service and should contact their local council with any questions about their bill.
On 27 January, it was announced that every pub and live music venue will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget and then bills will be frozen in real terms for a further two years.
For those businesses benefiting from the new announcement, there is a specific calculator available to help them understand the impact on bills next year.
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the average increase in the business rates liability of retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) businesses in London from the Crossrail GLA supplement as a consequence of RHL relief no longer applying to the supplement from 2026-27.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
Decisions around the determination and application of local Business Rates Supplement are for the Greater London Authority, who must ensure they follow the requirements set out in the Business Rates Supplement Act 2009 and the policies set out in their final prospectus.
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the (1) aggregate and (2) average, (a) percentage and (b) monetary change in Rateable Values in (i) England and (ii) London, between the 2023 and 2026 Rating Lists, according to information held by the Valuation Office Agency.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
Official statistics comparing the 2023 non-domestic rating lists and 2026 draft non-domestic rating lists for England are published here.
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2026, to Question 99205, on Affordable Housing: Asylum, whether any other Government programme is, or will, support the provision of (a) new build, (b) refurbished or (c) converted residential houses or flats for asylum seekers.
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Government is committed to ending the use of asylum hotels by the end of this Parliament. To support this the Home Office are exploring a programme of reforms to the asylum accommodation estate including work to bring back derelict buildings back into use and develop community-led alternatives.
Alongside this the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is also launching a new fund to support local authorities to make available basic alternative accommodation so it can be used on a temporary basis to house asylum seekers waiting for their cases to be processed.
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has given to business improvement districts on whether they should adjust their multiplier supplement as a consequence of the increase in Rateable Values from the 2026 business rates revelation.
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Secretary of State has not issued any guidance to Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) on adjusting levy arrangements or supplements in response to changes in rateable values from the 2026 business rates revaluation. BID levies are set locally through ballot‑approved proposals and are not automatically affected by national revaluation or multipliers, so any adjustment is a matter for the individual BID under its governing arrangements.
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Government business rate (1) transitional relief and (2) Supporting Small Business Relief applies to the (a) Business Improvement District supplements and (b) Crossrail / GLA business rate supplement, in 2026-27 where the increased Rateable Value of a hereditament following the revaluation has (i) made the property liable for the supplement or (ii) increased the existing liability for the supplement.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The application and calculation of BID supplements and the Business Rates Supplement in London are matters for the BID body and the GLA respectively. The government does not determine these levies.
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2026, to Question 103292, on Asylum: Housing, if he will publish the list of local authorities that his Department has engaged with to date on the new model.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is committed to working in close partnership with local authorities to develop and deliver a new, more sustainable model for asylum accommodation.
While we do not plan to publish a list of the individual local authorities we have engaged with, our approach has been designed to ensure we hear from a broad and representative range of local authorities during the development of the new model.
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how does the uplift in Rateable Values in the 2026 business rates revaluation affect the calculation of council funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2026-27; and what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of council areas with an above-average increase in Rateable Values on their net funding relative to the previous year from business rate revenue.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
At revaluations, adjustments through the business rates retention system ensure that as far as possible local authorities do not see a change in the income they raise from business rates.
In 2026-27, the business rates retention system is being reset as part of the design of the multi-year settlement which will also deliver the Fair Funding Review reforms. The reset includes a new measurement of all local authorities’ income which takes into account the impact of the 2026 revaluation, and reallocates business rates funding according to an updated measurement of local government funding need.
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how will the uplift in Rateable Values of airports in the 2026 Rating List, relative to the 2023 Rating List, affect the revenue of local billing authorities with airports in their localities.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
At revaluations, adjustments through the business rates retention system ensure that as far as possible local authorities do not see a change in the income they raise from business rates.
In 2026-27, the business rates retention system is being reset as part of the design of the multi-year settlement which will also deliver the Fair Funding Review reforms. The reset includes a new measurement of all local authorities’ income which takes into account the impact of the 2026 revaluation, and reallocates business rates funding according to an updated measurement of local government funding need.