Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 22 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) charities and (b) community amateur sports clubs received discretionary rate relief on national non-domestic rates in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what the cost to local authorities of such relief was in each such year.
Details of the number of hereditaments that were in receipt of either discretionary charity or discretionary community and amateur sports clubs rate relief on their national non-domestic rates as at
As at 31 December each year | |||
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
Charity relief | 30,000 | 30,900 | 32,100 |
Community and amateur sports club relief | 1,000 | 1,200 | 1,300 |
These figures are also available in table 5 of the statistical release "National non-domestic rates collected by local authorities in England 2009-10 (Revised)" that was published on
Discretionary relief is part funded by the national non-domestic rates pool and part by the local authority itself. For both charity relief and community and amateur sports clubs relief, the central pool funds 25% of any discretionary relief granted and the local authority funds the remaining 75% of the relief. The following table shows the amount of discretionary relief local authorities reported the pool contributed towards i.e. this figure is 25% of the total amount of discretionary relief granted. We do not collect information on the amount of discretionary relief funded by local authorities.
£ | |||
2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | |
Charity relief | |||
Contribution from the pool reported on NNDR forms | 8,775,000 | 9,065,000 | 10,141,000 |
Estimated contribution by local authority | 26,325,000 | 27,195,000 | 30,423,000 |
Community and amateur sports club relief | |||
Contribution from the pool reported on NNDR forms | 169,000 | 230,000 | 247,000 |
Estimated contribution by local authority | 507,000 | 690,000 | 741,000 |
These figures are as reported by local authorities on their annual national non-domestic rate (NNDR) returns and can relate both to the year in question and previous years.
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