Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Part 2, regulation 7 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Telecommunications Infrastructure Relief) (England) Regulations 2018, (S.I., 2018, No. 425), which companies have (a) applied for and (b) received a certificate for fibre rates relief.
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has issued a number of certificates but it is not possible to disclose the specific companies involved, as the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 restricts the VOA from providing this information, in order to protect ratepayer confidentiality.