Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of small firms and shops in (a) England, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency which will be affected by the reduction in business rates.
My rt. hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 bills, bringing the total support of 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement polices to £1.4 billion. This help includes:
These measures are in addition to previous Autumn Statement measures that continue into 2015-16, including:
Central Government also now funds 50% of any local discount granted.
The Department does not collect data on a constituency basis, but Haltemprice and Howden constituency lies entirely within the East Riding of Yorkshire Council boundary. Table 1 attached shows the number of properties in 2014-15 within the East Riding of Yorkshire Council boundary that have benefitted from business rates measures extended in this year’s autumn statement.