Hospitals: Non-domestic Rates

Department of Health written question – answered at on 11 September 2017.

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Photo of Layla Moran Layla Moran Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the difference in eligibility to pay non-domestic rates between private and NHS hospitals.

Photo of Layla Moran Layla Moran Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of business rates on NHS trusts.

Photo of Philip Dunne Philip Dunne The Minister of State, Department of Health

National Health Service properties, like almost all other buildings occupied by public bodies, have been subject to non-domestic rates since they were introduced.

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has had no such discussions with my Rt. hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

No estimate has been made of the difference in eligibility to pay non-domestic rates between private and NHS hospitals.

The Government introduced a £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme provides support for those properties which face an increase in rates as a result of the 2017 revaluation, and applies equally to public bodies such as the NHS.

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