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 12 February 2026, to Question 111143, on Public Houses: Business Rates, whether the current GLA Business Rate Supplement is subject to, and discounted by, the 2025-26 40% Retail Hospitality and Leisure Rate Relief; and whether other BID levies are subject to the RHL relief.

As explained in my answer on 12 February, where business rate reliefs are implemented under section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, Business Rates Supplements are adjusted to reflect the percentage relief provided by those schemes in line with the requirements of section 13(7) of the Business Rates Supplement Act 2009. The 2025/26 40% Retail Hospitality and Leisure Relief was such a relief implemented under section 47.

Business Improvement District (BID) levies are established under separate legislation from the business rates system and are payable in addition to non-domestic rates. Business rates reliefs granted under section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, such as the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief, apply only to a ratepayer’s liability for non-domestic rates and do not apply to BID levies. These reliefs therefore reduce a ratepayer’s liability to non-domestic rates only. Individual BIDs may allow for a reduction in a levy in line with their own schemes but this is a matter for individual BIDs to determine.