A question on #Charities #BusinessRates tabled by Dr Al Pinkerton on 16-06-2025 has been answered by James Murray.

Heading: Charities: Business Rates
Question ID: 1813072
UIN: 60274
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-16
Asking Member ID: 5288
Asking Member display name: Dr Al Pinkerton
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Dr Al Pinkerton
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting not-for-profit organisations from business rates in Surrey Heath constituency.
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Date answered: 2025-06-19
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4797
Answering Member display name: James Murray
Answering Member handle: jamesmurray_ldn
Answering Member Twitter reference: @jamesmurray_ldn
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Answer text: Currently, properties which are wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes are eligible for charitable relief, which provides businesses with up to 80% off their business rates bills. Provision of further relief to charitable properties is at the discr...
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Answering body ID: 14
Answering body name: Treasury
Tweeted: true