Treasury written question – answered at on 7 April 2026.
Lord Freyberg
Crossbench
To ask His Majesty's Government what data they hold on the number of commercial recording studios liable for non-domestic rates in each of the last ten years; and whether that data shows a rise or decline in the number of such studios up to 2026.
Lord Livermore
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury
The Valuation Office are working with the sector to ensure that recording studios are categorised as such. They publish an annual stock of properties which can be sorted by their Special Category (SCat) here: Non-domestic rating: stock of properties collection - GOV.UK. Recording studios can be found under SCat code 232. The total number of recording studios in England and Wales for the last ten years are:
2025 - 410
2024 - 410
2023 - 420
2022 - 420
2021 - 410
2020 - 400
2019 - 410
2018 - 400
2017 - 390
2016 - 390
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