Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with officials in the Treasury on making hairdressing salons eligible for business rate relief.

Under guidance published on 18th March, hereditaments that are being used for the provision of hair and beauty services (such as hairdressers, nail bars, beauty salons, tanning shops, etc.) do qualify for the grants. It will be for individual local authorities to determine in each individual case when, having regard to this guidance, to grant relief.