Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Section 42B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, whether his Department monitors the rural rate relief provided by local authorities through that duty.
The compilation and maintenance of rural settlement lists, as required by sections 42A and 42B of the Local Government Finance Act 1998, are the responsibility of local authorities. Authorities submit data on the amount of rural rate relief awarded to eligible properties within such settlements through the annual National Non-domestic Rates statistical returns. This data is published online and available at the following link: