Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to allocate funding to local authorities for distribution to businesses not eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business rates relief.

The Government is providing £1.5 billion of additional support to businesses that have not already received business rates relief. The relief will be allocated to local authorities based on the stock of properties in the area and the sector-specific economic impacts of COVID-19. The Government will also work with and support local government to enable ratepayers to apply as soon as possible this year, once the legislation relating to Material Change of Circumstance provisions has passed and local authorities have set up local relief schemes.