Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of businesses in (a) St Helens, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West have a rateable value of less than £51,000.

As of 31 March 2019:

(a) For the St Helens billing authority, there were 4,704 non-domestic properties. 4,267 (91%) of these had a Rateable Value of less than £51,000;

(b) For the Liverpool City Region (combining the billing authorities of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral) there were 47,676 non-domestic properties. 43,541 (91%) of these had a Rateable Value of less than £51,000;

(c) For the North West region, there were 273,784 non-domestic properties. 251,829 (92%) of these had a Rateable Value of less than £51,000.

The Valuation Office Agency publishes statistics on the stock of properties at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-stock-of-properties-including-business-floorspace-2019. The next update to these statistics is planned for July 2020.