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Mark Pawsey: ...support, and to keep the tenant in there while deferring rent, rather than the landlord ending up with an empty property for which, after a period of time, they will pick up a liability for the business rates. Under the provisions of the Bill, companies will be able to use their breathing space to re-forecast their business. One of the challenges with the loans that we have already...
Gavin Newlands: ...of help for airports and airlines. We are still waiting for that support. Will the Minister press the Chancellor at least to follow the Scottish Government’s lead in giving the industry 100% business rates relief for a year? Will she also echo what the Chair of the Transport Committee said about the despicable behaviour of Willie Walsh and IAG? In the short term, we all understand and...
Sarah Olney: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, if he will include in his business rates relief for travel agencies those online agencies that have a physical presence for which they pay business rates.
John Glen: ...if they are in financial difficulty. Businesses should explore the full package of support set out by the Chancellor in the Budget, on 17 March, and on 20 March, which includes measures such as business rates holidays, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, and wage support.
Carolyn Harris: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the application of business rates relief to food and drink wholesalers.
Lord Greaves: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of district councils to withstand significant losses of income from business rates, council tax, and fees and charges for services including planning charges, parking charges and those for leisure services; and (1) how many, and (2) which, district councils they have assessed as being in danger of being unable to...
Simon Clarke: ...this challenging time. These measures are part of a comprehensive package of support for local areas from across Government, including £13 billion to support small businesses, £10.2 billion in business rates support for businesses, £600 million for infection control in care homes and £500 million of council tax support for vulnerable families. Estimates of full-year costs are...
Simon Clarke: ...grants. This additional fund is aimed at small businesses who were not eligible for the SBGF or the RLHGF; small businesses with ongoing fixed property-related costs but not liable for business rates or rates reliefs. We are asking local authorities to prioritise the following types of businesses for grants from within this funding pot:Charity properties in receipt of charitable business...
Fleur Anderson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the £51,000 business rates limit for covid-19 support grants for businesses in line with the variation in property values in England.
Kemi Badenoch: ...value between £15,000 and £51,000; and a £10,000 cash grant per property, for each property used for these purposes with a rateable value of £15,000 or below which is not in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief or Rural Rates Relief. Businesses and organisations may receive a maximum of €800,000 from the RHLGF under State Aid rules. The Government is aware that some small...
Jesse Norman: The Government has announced a range of measures to help individuals and businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic, including grants, loans and relief from business rates worth more than £300 billion. On 20 March, the Government announced that UK VAT registered businesses can defer VAT payments due with their VAT returns in the deferral period until March 2021. While the Government keeps...
Munira Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits for charities of raising the rateable value threshold for the Coronavirus Business Rates Relief scheme.
Kemi Badenoch: The Government is aware that some small businesses and organisations have found themselves excluded from the existing business grants schemes because of the way they interact with the business rates system. That is why the Government has allocated up to an additional £617 million to Local Authorities to enable them to give discretionary grants to organisations in this situation. The...
Kemi Badenoch: ...of support measures including: The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) – company directors paid annually through PAYE are eligible to claim if they meet the relevant conditionsA 12-month business rates holiday for all eligible retail, leisure and hospitality businesses in EnglandSmall business grant funding (SBGF) of £10,000 for all business in receipt of small business rate relief...
Kemi Badenoch: ...can receive: · A £10,000 cash grant per property, for each property used for retail, hospitality or leisure purposes with a rateable value of £15,000 or below which is not in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief or Rural Rates Relief; · A £25,000 cash grant per property, for each property used for retail, hospitality or leisure purposes with a rateable value between £15,000 and...
Munira Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend business rates relief to solicitors firms which occupy premises with a rateable value in excess of £15,000.
Nigel Huddleston: Greyhound racing, as part of the leisure industry, is eligible to access the help announced by the Chancellor on 17 March. This set out a business rates holiday for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, irrespective of rateable value, so that all eligible businesses will pay no business rates for 12 months. On 18 March, MHCLG published guidance for local authorities on...
Sadiq Khan: ...from the Government to carry us forward whilst we have the consequences of the virus, or devolving to London the powers to raise taxes, whether it is by property taxes, stamp duty, council tax, business rates, land value capture, the sort of stuff talked about in the London Finance Commission report commissioned by one Boris Johnson. Without one of those two things or a combination of...
Aileen Campbell: ...to front load our weekly grant payments to local authorities during May, June and July. We have also increased our 2020-21 general revenue grant by £972 million to offset the reduction in business rates income that will result from our package of support for businesses through rates reliefs, effectively underwriting local authorities’ income stream. Alongside those measures, the...
Lord Stunell: ...Rates receipts in 2020–21 consequent upon COVID19; and what discussions they have had with the Local Government Association and councils about the impact of that virus on the operation of the Business Rates Retention Scheme and local authority budgets in succeeding years.