Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress he has made on the Business rates treatment of self-catering accommodation consultation.

The Government is grateful to those who responded to the consultation, and is considering how to address the questions raised.

This includes considering the impact on local authorities’ income and the Exchequer, the deliverability of possible reforms, and the impact of coronavirus on the UK’s tourism industry.

The Government will set out its next steps in due course.