Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the £300 million in discretionary rate relief for businesses which will be allocated to Warrington.

My Department is currently consulting on the £300 million discretionary relief scheme. As part of the consultation the Government published details of the provisional allocations by local authority.

Details of the consultation and allocations are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/discretionary-business-rates-relief-scheme