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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many business pay business rates for each year that data is available in (a) Telford constituency and (b) Telford and Wrekin Local Authority area broken down by type of business rate charge.

The Department does not collect data on the number of businesses paying business rates from local authorities.

The Department does not collect business rates data for parliamentary constituencies.