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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the proposed reduction in business rates for pubs will include clubs in local communities.

The Department published guidance to help local authorities implement the business rates pubs discount. The guidance set out the eligibility criteria for the £1000 discount for pubs with a rateable value of less than £100,000. The guidance also set out the Government’s policy intention that to be eligible premises should; be open to the general public, allow free entry other than when occasional entertainment is provided, allow drinking without requiring food to be consumed; and permit drinks to be purchased at a bar.

The guidance can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-rates-pubs-discount-2020-to-2021-local-authority-guidance