The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
Draft 2024, ISBN 9780348257717
This draft Statutory Instrument supersedes the drafts of the same title which were laid before Parliament and published on 8th and 19th February 2024 (ISBN 978-0-34-825736-6 and ISBN 978-0-348-25757-1 respectively). It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those draft Statutory Instruments.
Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 143(9D) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Rating And Valuation, England
Made ***
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 143(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 6, 9, 10, 22, 25 and 37 of Schedule 7B to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988f1.
A draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 143(9D)f2 of that Act.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
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1988 c. 41. Schedule 7B was inserted by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17).
- f2
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Subsection (9D) was inserted in section 143 by section 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 2012.
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and extent
- 2Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 2013
- 3Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) Regulations 2013
- Signature
- Schedule 1Schedule 1
- Schedule 2Schedule 2
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and extent
These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024.
These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
2Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 2013
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 2013f1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 2(1)—
in the definition of “small business non-domestic rating multiplier”, for “determined under Part 1 of” substitute “calculated by the Secretary of State under”;
in the appropriate places, insert the following definitions—
““Hartlepool MDC Order” means the Hartlepool Development Corporation (Functions) Order 2023f2;”;
““Middlesbrough MDC Order” means the Middlesbrough Development Corporation (Functions) Order 2023f3;”;
““non-domestic rating multiplier” in relation to a year means the non-domestic rating multiplier for the year calculated by the Secretary of State under Schedule 7 to the 1988 Act;”;
““small business hereditament” means a hereditament for which on 1st April 2023 a rateable value of less than £51,000 is shown on a local non-domestic rating list;”;
““standard hereditament” means a hereditament for which on 1st April 2023 a rateable value greater than £50,999 is shown on a local non-domestic rating list.”.
In regulation 5 (payments by billing authorities to major precepting authorities in respect of share of income)—
after paragraph (2), insert—
“(2A)Where a billing authority has received an MDC payment for the year, it must make a payment for the year to each of its relevant precepting authorities of the amount that is that authority’s share of the MDC payment.”;
in paragraph (4), for “payment” substitute “payments”;
after paragraph (4), insert—
“(5)In this regulation, an “MDC payment” means a payment from a Mayoral development corporationf4 made in accordance with Part 4 of the Middlesbrough MDC Order or Part 4 of the Hartlepool MDC Order.”.
After regulation 12 (reconciliation of amounts where authority has failed to act diligently), insert—
“Reconciliation of MDC payments
12A.(1)This regulation applies to an authority in relation to which there is a deficit or a surplus.
(2)Any deficit or surplus shall belong to or be borne by the billing authority and any relevant precepting authorities in accordance with the shares set out in regulation 5.
(3)A relevant precepting authority must pay its share of a surplus to the billing authority.
(4)A billing authority must pay to the relevant precepting authority that authority’s share of the deficit.
(5)Any payments under this regulation must be made before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the certification date.
(6)In this regulation—
“certification date” means the date on which the billing authority’s certified non-domestic rating income for the relevant year is certified under regulation 9;
“deficit” and “surplus” have the meanings given in article 2 of the Middlesbrough MDC Order or article 2 of the Hartlepool MDC Order (as the case may be).”.
In paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1 (non-domestic rating income)—
in paragraph (a), for “Part 1” substitute “Part A1f5”;
after paragraph (b)(ii), insert—
“(iia)for a financial year beginning on or after 1st April 2024 is determined by the formula—
where—
where—
X1 is the value of X for the preceding year;
B2 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
B1 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
C2 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
C1 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
D is the sum of the total rateable value of all small business hereditaments shown in the authority’s list on 1st April 2023;
E is the sum of the total rateable value of standard hereditaments shown in the authority’s list on 1st April 2023;”.
3Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) Regulations 2013
The Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) Regulations 2013f1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
in the definition of “business rates baseline”—
in sub-paragraph (c), in the second place it occurs, omit “and” ;
in sub-paragraph (d), for “a year commencing on or after 1st April 2021” substitute “the year commencing on 1st April 2021 or 2022”;
after sub-paragraph (d), insert—
“(e)for the year commencing on 1st April 2023, the amount specified with respect to an authority by regulation 5 and Schedule 7;”;
in the definition of “small business non-domestic rating multiplier”, for “determined under Part 1 of” substitute “calculated by the Secretary of State under”;
in the appropriate places, insert the following definitions—
““non-domestic rating multiplier” in relation to a year means the non-domestic rating multiplier for the year calculated by the Secretary of State under Schedule 7 to the 1988 Act;”;
““small business hereditament” means a hereditament for which on 1st April 2023 a rateable value of less than £51,000 is shown on a local non-domestic rating list;”;
““standard hereditament” means a hereditament for which on 1st April 2023 a rateable value greater than £50,999 is shown on a local non-domestic rating list.”.
In regulation 4(1) (meaning of retained rates income for purposes of levy and safety net calculations), after “Schedule 1B”, insert “, Schedule 6A”.
In regulation 5 (business rates baseline and baseline funding level)—
after paragraph (1C), insert—
“(1D)For the year commencing on 1st April 2023, the business rates baseline of an authority listed in column A of the table in Schedule 7 is the amount specified with respect to that authority in column D of that table.”;
in paragraph (3)—
in sub-paragraph (a), for the words from “and the years” to “(b),” substitute “, 1st April 2018, 1st April 2019, 1st April 2020, 1st April 2021 and 1st April 2022”;
in sub-paragraph (b)—
in the definition of A, for “year immediately preceding the relevant” substitute “preceding”;
in the definition of B1, for “year.” substitute “year;”;
after sub-paragraph (b), insert—
“(c)the years commencing on or after 1st April 2024 is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—
where—
A is the baseline funding level for the preceding year;
B2 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
B1 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
C2 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
C1 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
D is—
- (i)
in the case of a billing authority, the sum of the total rateable value of all small business hereditaments shown in the authority’s list on 1st April 2023;
- (ii)
in the case of a major precepting authority, the sum of the total rateable value of all small business hereditaments shown on 1st April 2023 in the lists of all billing authorities in relation to that authority;
E is—
- (i)
in the case of a billing authority, the sum of the total rateable value of standard hereditaments shown in the authority’s list on 1st April 2023;
- (ii)
in the case of a major precepting authority, the sum of the total rateable value of all standard hereditaments shown on 1st April 2023 in the lists of all billing authorities in relation to that authority on 1st April 2023.”;
in paragraph 4(a)—
in paragraph (ii), omit “and”;
after paragraph (ii), insert—
“(iii)for the year commencing on 1st April 2023, is to be the sum of the individual business rates baselines of the authorities that comprise the pool for the year commencing on 1st April 2023; and”.
In regulation 6 (individual levy rates and safety net thresholds)—
in paragraph (2B), in the definitions of E and F, for “1st April 2017” substitute “the day on which the current lists were compiled”;
in paragraph (2F)—
omit “or after”;
after “2019” insert “, 1st April 2020, 1st April 2021 or 1st April 2022”;
in paragraph (2I), for the words from “or after” to “that table” substitute “1st April 2021 or 1st April 2022”;
after paragraph (3), insert—
“(4)In this regulation, “current lists” means the local non-domestic rating lists compiled in accordance with section 41(1) of the 1988 Act and in force for the relevant year.”.
In Schedule 1 (calculation of retained rates income)—
in paragraph 1(1) (calculation for billing authorities)—
for the formula which appears immediately after the opening words substitute—
“”
in the definition of P—
in paragraph (a), for “or (h)” substitute “, (h) or (i)”;
for paragraph (h) substitute—
“(h)for the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2023, the amount specified for the authority in column B of the table in Schedule 7;
(i)for the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2024, the amount calculated for that authority in accordance with the formula—
where—
A is P for the preceding year;
B2 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
B1 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
C2 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
C1 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
D is the sum of the total rateable value of all small business hereditaments shown in the authority’s list on 1st April 2023;
E is the sum of the total rateable value of standard hereditaments shown in the authority’s list on 1st April 2023;”;
in the definition of Q—
in paragraph (a), for “or (h)” substitute “, (h) or (i)”;
for paragraph (h) substitute—
“(h)for the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2023, the amount specified for the authority in column C of the table in Schedule 7;
(i)for the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2024, the amount calculated for that authority in accordance with the formula—
where—
A is Q for the preceding year;
B2 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
B1 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
C2 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
C1 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
D is the sum of the total rateable value of all small business hereditaments shown in the authority’s list on 1st April 2023;
E is the sum of the total rateable value of standard hereditaments shown in the authority’s list on 1st April 2023;”;
in the definition of U, omit “and”;
after the definition of U, insert—
“V is—
- (a)
for the years commencing on or after 1st April 2024, the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (4E);
- (b)
for any other year, zero;
W is—
- (a)
for the years commencing on or after 1st April 2024, the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (4F);
- (b)
for any other year, zero;”;
in the definition of Y, in paragraph (d), for “that table.” substitute “that table;”;
after the definition of Y, insert—
“Z is—
- (a)
for the years commencing on or after 1st April 2024, the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (4G);
- (b)
for any other year, zero;
Z1 is—
- (a)
for the year beginning on 1st April 2022, the amount specified for the authority in column B of Schedule 6A;
- (b)
for a year beginning on or after 1st April 2023, the amount specified for the authority in column E of Schedule 7;
- (c)
for any other year, zero.”;
after paragraph 1(4D), insert—
“(4E)The amount calculated in accordance with this sub-paragraph is the amount which is the difference between—
(a)(i)the total of the amounts credited to the billing authority’s collection fund income and expenditure account in the relevant year in accordance with proper practices in respect of non-domestic rates payable under sections 43 and 45 of the 1988 Act in respect of—
(aa)a day in that year, and
(bb)a day in a previous year where the amount was not credited in a previous year; less
(ii)the total of the amounts charged to the billing authority’s collection fund income and expenditure account in the relevant year in accordance with proper practices in respect of non-domestic rates payable under sections 43 and 45 of the 1988 Act in respect of—
(aa)a day in that year, and
(bb)a day in a previous year where the amount was not charged in a previous year; and
(b)the amount that would have been calculated under paragraph (a) if for paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 4ZA to the 1988 Actf2 there were substituted—
“(2)“A” is the rateable value shown for the day under section 42(4) as regards the hereditament.”.
(4F)The amount calculated in accordance with this sub-paragraph is 50% of the amount which is the difference between—
(a)(i)the total of the amounts credited to the billing authority’s collection fund income and expenditure account in the relevant year in accordance with proper practices in respect of non-domestic rates payable under sections 43 and 45 of the 1988 Act in respect of—
(aa)a day in that year, and
(bb)a day in a previous year where the amount was not credited in a previous year; less
(ii)the total of the amounts charged to the billing authority’s collection fund income and expenditure account in the relevant year in accordance with proper practices in respect of non-domestic rates payable under sections 43 and 45 of the 1988 Act in respect of—
(aa)a day in that year, and
(bb)a day in a previous year where the amount was not charged in a previous year; and
(b)the amount that would have been calculated under paragraph (a) if paragraph 8 of Schedule 4ZA to the 1988 Act (rural rate relief) were omitted.
(4G)The amount calculated in accordance with this sub-paragraph is the amount which is the difference between—
(a)(i)the total of the amounts credited to the billing authority’s collection fund income and expenditure account in the relevant year in accordance with proper practices in respect of non-domestic rates payable under sections 43 and 45 of the 1988 Act in respect of—
(aa)a day in that year, and
(bb)a day in a previous year where the amount was not credited in a previous year; less
(ii)the total of the amounts charged to the billing authority’s collection fund income and expenditure account in the relevant year in accordance with proper practices in respect of non-domestic rates payable under sections 43 and 45 of the 1988 Act in respect of—
(aa)a day in that year, and
(bb)a day in a previous year where the amount was not charged in a previous year; and
(b)the amount that would have been calculated under paragraph (a) if paragraph 6 of Schedule 4ZA to the 1988 Act (heat networks rate relief) were omitted.”;
in paragraph 2 (calculation for major precepting authorities)—
for the formula which appears immediately after the opening words substitute—
“”
in the definition of S, in paragraph (iiia), for “or after 1st April 2017” substitute “1st April 2017, 1st April 2018, 1st April 2019, 1st April 2020 or 1st April 2021”;
in the definition of P—
in paragraph (a), for “or (d)” substitute “, (d), (e) or (f)”;
after paragraph (d), insert—
“(e)for the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2023, the amount specified for the authority in column B of the table in Schedule 7;
(f)for the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2024, the amount calculated for that authority in accordance with the formula—
where—
A is P for the preceding year;
B2 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
B1 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
C2 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
C1 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
D is the sum of the total rateable value of all small business hereditaments shown in the lists of all billing authorities in relation to the authority on 1st April 2023;
E is the sum of the total rateable value of standard hereditaments shown in the lists of all billing authorities in relation to the authority on 1st April 2023;”;
in the definition of Q—
in paragraph (a), for “or (d)” substitute “, (d), (e) or (f)”;
after paragraph (d), insert—
“(e)for the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2023, the amount specified for the authority in column C of the table in Schedule 7;
(f)for the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2024, the amount calculated for that authority in accordance with the formula—
where—
A is Q for the preceding year;
B2 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
B1 is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
C2 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year;
C1 is the non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;
D is the sum of the total rateable value of all small business hereditaments shown in the lists of all billing authorities in relation to the authority on 1st April 2023;
E is the sum of the total rateable value of standard hereditaments shown in the lists of all billing authorities in relation to the authority on 1st April 2023;”;
in the definition of W, after paragraph (d), insert—
“(e)for the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2024, the sum of the amounts of relief awarded under section 47 of the 1988 Act by all the billing authorities required to make payments to the major precepting authority for the relevant year under Part 4 of Schedule 7B to the 1988 Act, where the relief has been awarded in accordance with the following guidance issued by the Secretary of State—
(i)“Business Rates Relief: 2023 Supporting Small Business Relief, local authority guidance” published on 21 December 2022f3, or
(ii)“Business Rates Relief: 2024/25 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Scheme” published on 15 December 2023f4;”;
in the definition of Y, after “S” insert “, V, W and Z”;
in the definition of Z, for “1988 Act.” substitute “1988 Act;”;
after the definition of Z, insert—
“Z1 is—
- (a)
for the year beginning on 1st April 2022, the amount specified for the authority in column B of Schedule 6A;
- (b)
for a year beginning on or after 1st April 2023, the amount specified for the authority in column E of Schedule 7.”.
After Schedule 6 (table of authorities, business rates baselines, baseline funding levels and values of A and Y), insert Schedule 6A which is set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
For Schedule 7 (table of authorities, values for P and Q) substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Name
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Date
Schedule 1
“SCHEDULE 6A
Table of Authorities, Value of Z1 for the year commencing on 1st April 2022
Regulation 4 and Schedule 1
Column A Column B The council for the local government area of— Value of Z1 for the year commencing on 1st April 2022 (£) Adur 10,249 Amber Valley 18,636 Arun 21,850 Ashfield 22,343 Ashford 30,511 Avon Combined Fire Authority 6,845 Babergh 14,868 Barking and Dagenham 25,046 Barnet 48,492 Barnsley 39,624 Basildon 40,923 Basingstoke and Deane 39,168 Bassetlaw 24,815 Bath and North East Somerset 95,829 Bedford 48,386 Bedfordshire Combined Fire Authority 3,199 Berkshire Combined Fire Authority 6,977 Bexley 31,611 Birmingham 620,403 Blaby 25,583 Blackburn with Darwen 32,517 Blackpool 33,884 Bolsover 14,751 Bolton 128,211 Boston 11,774 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 99,455 Bracknell Forest 36,599 Bradford 102,590 Braintree 25,461 Breckland 20,372 Brent 52,465 Brentwood 14,784 Brighton and Hove 82,917 Bristol 278,503 Broadland 17,796 Bromley 39,621 Bromsgrove 15,675 Broxbourne 19,856 Broxtowe 15,901 Buckinghamshire 126,234 Buckinghamshire Combined Fire Authority 4,959 Burnley 16,917 Bury 71,130 Calderdale 43,269 Cambridge 69,074 Cambridgeshire 40,850 Cambridgeshire Combined Fire Authority 5,889 Camden 256,102 Cannock Chase 20,357 Canterbury 33,015 Castle Point 9,318 Central Bedfordshire 64,505 Charnwood 29,637 Chelmsford 42,895 Cheltenham 30,047 Cherwell 52,591 Cheshire Combined Fire Authority 6,148 Cheshire East 96,448 Cheshire West and Chester 104,297 Chesterfield 22,545 Chichester 28,285 Chorley 15,043 City of London 425,665 Cleveland Combined Fire Authority 2,599 Colchester 36,443 Cornwall 272,159 Cotswold 20,225 Coventry 172,767 Crawley 57,740 Croydon 50,580 Cumberland 74,052 Cumbria Fire Authority 2,833 Dacorum 34,605 Darlington 23,774 Dartford 46,930 Derby 61,530 Derbyshire 28,200 Derbyshire Combined Fire Authority 4,389 Derbyshire Dales 13,134 Devon 34,175 Devon and Somerset Combined Fire Authority 8,147 Doncaster 70,040 Dorset 79,203 Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority 7,307 Dover 24,346 Dudley 126,273 Durham 88,141 Durham Combined Fire Authority 2,284 Ealing 61,716 East Cambridgeshire 13,390 East Devon 23,889 East Hampshire 19,218 East Hertfordshire 25,939 East Lindsey 24,196 East Riding of Yorkshire 71,887 East Staffordshire 31,377 East Suffolk 53,007 East Sussex 18,896 East Sussex Combined Fire Authority 3,792 Eastbourne 20,462 Eastleigh 29,683 Elmbridge 33,447 Enfield 46,237 Epping Forest 21,452 Epsom and Ewell 14,082 Erewash 14,728 Essex 62,385 Essex PCC-Fire 9,222 Exeter 41,358 Fareham 22,662 Fenland 14,959 Folkestone and Hythe 16,285 Forest of Dean 9,174 Fylde 14,482 Gateshead 58,281 Gedling 13,647 Gloucester 28,771 Gloucestershire 31,577 Gosport 9,601 Gravesham 14,801 Great Yarmouth 17,686 Greater London Authority 4,048,432 Greater Manchester Combined Authority 15,332 Greenwich 40,974 Guildford 45,968 Hackney 67,899 Halton 70,587 Hammersmith and Fulham 94,727 Hampshire 64,054 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority 10,349 Harborough 26,607 Haringey 30,866 Harlow 23,524 Harrow 22,319 Hart 15,638 Hartlepool 21,677 Hastings 13,569 Havant 18,723 Havering 33,517 Hereford and Worcester Combined Fire Authority 3,514 Herefordshire 36,989 Hertfordshire 66,650 Hertsmere 26,384 High Peak 16,050 Hillingdon 132,669 Hinckley and Bosworth 20,618 Horsham 25,742 Hounslow 73,290 Humberside Combined Fire Authority 4,711 Huntingdonshire 33,979 Hyndburn 13,150 Ipswich 30,357 Isle of Wight 30,440 Isles of Scilly 1,317 Islington 118,665 Kensington and Chelsea 126,374 Kent 75,118 Kent Combined Fire Authority 9,608 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 27,563 Kingston upon Hull 61,984 Kingston upon Thames 33,529 Kirklees 76,848 Knowsley 58,691 Lambeth 72,306 Lancashire 47,503 Lancashire Combined Fire Authority 6,633 Lancaster 35,600 Leeds 248,827 Leicester 81,037 Leicestershire 35,674 Leicestershire Combined Fire Authority 5,801 Lewes 15,919 Lewisham 27,097 Lichfield 20,016 Lincoln 24,826 Lincolnshire 31,767 Liverpool 294,183 Luton 43,852 Maidstone 33,175 Maldon 9,060 Malvern Hills 10,653 Manchester 492,717 Mansfield 16,720 Medway 61,834 Melton 8,837 Merseyside Fire and CD Authority 6,327 Merton 34,518 Mid Devon 10,470 Mid Suffolk 15,551 Mid Sussex 27,877 Middlesbrough 27,475 Milton Keynes 116,733 Mole Valley 22,383 New Forest 38,236 Newark and Sherwood 23,786 Newcastle upon Tyne 97,309 Newcastle-under-Lyme 20,141 Newham 68,582 Norfolk 41,399 North Devon 20,893 North East Derbyshire 10,565 North East Lincolnshire 41,373 North Hertfordshire 22,724 North Kesteven 16,771 North Lincolnshire 55,601 North Norfolk 18,994 North Northamptonshire 91,962 North Somerset 44,755 North Tyneside 40,970 North Warwickshire 27,456 North West Leicestershire 39,644 North Yorkshire 157,705 North Yorkshire PCC-FRA 4,624 Northamptonshire PCC-FRA 4,376 Northumberland 66,402 Norwich 43,015 Nottingham 93,650 Nottinghamshire 30,071 Nottinghamshire Combined Fire Authority 5,252 Nuneaton and Bedworth 19,424 Oadby and Wigston 7,624 Oldham 84,469 Oxford 61,532 Oxfordshire 49,584 Pendle 11,640 Peterborough 66,146 Plymouth 62,361 Portsmouth 57,372 Preston 33,118 Reading 83,729 Redbridge 25,221 Redcar and Cleveland 26,368 Redditch 18,223 Reigate and Banstead 28,592 Ribble Valley 9,717 Richmond upon Thames 36,455 Rochdale 94,921 Rochford 10,746 Rossendale 8,061 Rother 12,564 Rotherham 52,086 Rugby 28,762 Runnymede 29,595 Rushcliffe 16,436 Rushmoor 26,061 Rutland 9,013 Salford 135,442 Sandwell 142,345 Sefton 99,304 Sevenoaks 21,150 Sheffield 145,752 Shropshire 64,079 Shropshire Combined Fire Authority 2,300 Slough 61,790 Solihull 147,500 Somerset 124,838 South Cambridgeshire 50,152 South Derbyshire 14,924 South Gloucestershire 183,232 South Hams 19,684 South Holland 13,641 South Kesteven 24,817 South Norfolk 20,168 South Oxfordshire 26,754 South Ribble 20,005 South Staffordshire 15,797 South Tyneside 21,053 South Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority 6,276 Southampton 70,552 Southend-on-Sea 32,467 Southwark 125,935 Spelthorne 25,053 St Albans 32,969 St. Helens 72,874 Stafford 27,135 Staffordshire 37,266 Staffordshire Moorlands 12,569 Staffordshire PCC-FRA 5,435 Stevenage 23,748 Stockport 120,355 Stockton-on-Tees 51,812 Stoke-on-Trent 63,428 Stratford-on-Avon 33,380 Stroud 18,468 Suffolk 38,769 Sunderland 61,494 Surrey 69,834 Surrey Heath 18,762 Sutton 24,441 Swale 30,350 Swindon 72,244 Tameside 81,780 Tamworth 18,232 Tandridge 13,036 Teignbridge 19,147 Telford and Wrekin 48,597 Tendring 17,861 Test Valley 30,847 Tewkesbury 19,622 Thanet 22,217 Three Rivers 16,214 Thurrock 79,772 Tonbridge and Malling 31,069 Torbay 25,922 Torridge 9,134 Tower Hamlets 168,526 Trafford 195,013 Tunbridge Wells 30,011 Tyne and Wear Fire and CD Authority 5,696 Uttlesford 24,798 Vale of White Horse 34,680 Wakefield 90,865 Walsall 98,684 Waltham Forest 27,875 Wandsworth 51,737 Warrington 65,548 Warwick 38,869 Warwickshire 36,973 Watford 31,738 Waverley 22,970 Wealden 21,467 Welwyn Hatfield 32,424 West Berkshire 55,982 West Devon 7,314 West Lancashire 17,931 West Lindsey 11,044 West Midlands Fire Authority 14,301 West Northamptonshire 122,476 West of England Combined Authority 29,658 West Oxfordshire 22,778 West Suffolk 41,293 West Sussex 47,213 West Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority 11,478 Westminster 807,452 Westmorland and Furness 64,763 Wigan 113,856 Wiltshire 107,163 Winchester 34,844 Windsor and Maidenhead 55,526 Wirral 101,304 Woking 25,448 Wokingham 48,260 Wolverhampton 107,842 Worcester 23,439 Worcestershire 24,833 Worthing 17,110 Wychavon 25,812 Wyre 15,461 Wyre Forest 16,567 York 68,855 ”
Schedule 2
“SCHEDULE 7
Table of Authorities, Values for the year commencing on 1st April 2023
Regulations 4, 5 and Schedule 1
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E The council for the local government area of— Value of P for the year commencing on 1st April 2023 (£) Value of Q for the year commencing on 1st April 2023 (£) Business rates baseline for the year commencing on 1st April 2023 (£) Value of Z1 for the year commencing on 1st April 2023 (£) Adur 0 5,886,196 7,719,480 10,911 Amber Valley 0 10,360,545 13,703,470 19,421 Arun 0 9,726,719 13,532,700 21,982 Ashfield 0 11,284,697 15,315,304 23,297 Ashford 0 16,320,213 19,305,528 29,925 Avon Combined Fire Authority 6,271,165 0 5,044,356 6,938 Babergh 0 7,819,032 10,037,763 15,150 Barking and Dagenham 36,759,775 0 23,098,271 28,955 Barnet 21,862,867 0 39,065,817 46,240 Barnsley 32,379,468 0 26,685,783 41,197 Basildon 0 28,170,558 34,085,389 43,825 Basingstoke and Deane 0 30,382,022 33,548,418 41,244 Bassetlaw 0 13,704,366 17,912,390 25,093 Bath and North East Somerset 0 10,097,415 34,672,574 93,998 Bedford 0 1,734,493 35,076,509 53,030 Bedfordshire Combined Fire Authority 3,684,977 0 2,479,349 3,568 Berkshire Combined Fire Authority 1,854,560 0 5,539,339 7,306 Bexley 14,290,871 0 23,732,548 35,109 Birmingham 157,052,169 0 214,565,283 629,024 Blaby 0 13,961,526 16,275,225 24,061 Blackburn with Darwen 25,217,750 0 21,016,187 32,904 Blackpool 27,212,957 0 22,901,451 30,681 Bolsover 0 6,751,926 9,787,847 15,376 Bolton 27,224,353 0 43,484,602 127,648 Boston 0 5,200,540 8,004,669 11,543 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 0 21,229,964 78,183,093 101,737 Bracknell Forest 0 4,254,234 21,716,018 36,652 Bradford 75,668,497 0 68,800,405 98,654 Braintree 0 16,367,850 19,985,267 28,238 Breckland 0 9,871,557 13,979,140 21,583 Brent 50,245,858 0 41,380,259 57,902 Brentwood 0 10,941,769 12,663,102 15,082 Brighton and Hove 1,580,128 0 59,768,041 80,375 Bristol 0 8,215,098 114,030,729 288,324 Broadland 0 9,659,443 12,642,601 18,199 Bromley 10,963,461 0 28,949,681 38,222 Bromsgrove 0 9,396,054 11,207,573 16,613 Broxbourne 0 15,650,123 18,092,341 22,172 Broxtowe 0 7,946,720 10,952,626 15,295 Buckinghamshire 0 44,108,583 100,580,958 138,870 Buckinghamshire Combined Fire Authority 1,519,073 0 3,819,084 5,406 Burnley 0 6,621,251 11,045,332 17,408 Bury 11,692,014 0 25,664,456 69,366 Calderdale 13,947,565 0 29,861,238 43,111 Cambridge 0 40,338,554 44,770,194 71,611 Cambridgeshire 39,120,547 0 28,719,234 44,279 Cambridgeshire Combined Fire Authority 2,163,938 0 4,180,445 6,319 Camden 0 91,475,234 186,385,439 242,778 Cannock Chase 0 9,872,345 13,031,884 20,057 Canterbury 0 17,106,588 21,969,348 32,008 Castle Point 0 4,236,703 6,584,633 9,521 Central Bedfordshire 0 15,270,360 48,647,424 74,092 Charnwood 0 16,017,112 20,470,517 29,592 Chelmsford 0 29,285,318 32,820,993 43,546 Cheltenham 0 20,896,337 23,844,113 31,135 Cherwell 0 32,835,446 36,797,195 54,366 Cheshire Combined Fire Authority 5,302,260 0 4,521,211 6,158 Cheshire East 0 27,641,751 71,769,947 97,691 Cheshire West and Chester 0 18,669,037 73,603,382 101,156 Chesterfield 0 11,643,228 15,142,992 21,935 Chichester 0 18,101,252 20,437,427 27,931 Chorley 0 7,560,591 10,611,701 15,910 City of London 0 269,684,647 286,982,441 404,543 Cleveland Combined Fire Authority 7,750,977 0 1,964,569 2,554 Colchester 0 20,347,877 24,836,708 36,040 Cornwall 28,729,088 0 87,603,051 270,932 Cotswold 0 12,908,167 14,856,773 21,310 Coventry 21,664,173 0 62,224,956 175,383 Crawley 0 46,978,255 50,757,507 61,186 Croydon 36,170,303 0 40,644,817 50,717 Cumberland 11,476,705 0 51,461,223 72,393 Cumbria Fire Authority 3,923,065 0 1,937,235 2,774 Dacorum 0 29,333,958 32,464,001 41,245 Darlington 8,101,244 0 15,662,817 22,978 Dartford 0 27,399,900 30,217,442 42,185 Derby 18,705,295 0 41,175,198 59,130 Derbyshire 97,996,439 0 19,102,126 28,400 Derbyshire Combined Fire Authority 6,356,900 0 2,962,435 4,362 Derbyshire Dales 0 6,567,836 8,305,627 12,622 Devon 83,441,759 0 23,050,422 34,403 Devon and Somerset Combined Fire Authority 10,887,414 0 5,638,643 8,174 Doncaster 34,170,637 0 45,053,771 72,405 Dorset 0 12,414,448 58,384,275 81,371 Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority 5,327,867 0 5,517,203 7,557 Dover 0 15,277,266 19,120,931 26,820 Dudley 24,864,847 0 46,589,267 122,367 Durham 75,762,939 0 56,302,040 86,229 Durham Combined Fire Authority 5,919,966 0 1,469,557 2,229 Ealing 25,182,620 0 54,807,788 69,433 East Cambridgeshire 0 6,409,166 8,967,553 14,461 East Devon 0 11,520,099 14,287,232 24,786 East Hampshire 0 12,658,493 14,625,155 20,400 East Hertfordshire 0 18,913,687 21,736,012 29,142 East Lindsey 0 7,816,937 14,198,149 24,332 East Riding of Yorkshire 13,013,238 0 42,207,857 73,455 East Staffordshire 0 20,557,717 23,876,745 32,291 East Suffolk 0 23,707,532 30,891,652 53,761 East Sussex 64,906,050 0 12,967,419 19,003 East Sussex Combined Fire Authority 5,394,619 0 2,659,500 3,752 Eastbourne 0 10,438,349 14,227,207 18,889 Eastleigh 0 21,907,335 24,587,631 30,523 Elmbridge 0 23,782,103 26,197,570 33,555 Enfield 36,488,357 0 40,451,132 51,462 Epping Forest 0 12,526,708 15,981,605 22,871 Epsom and Ewell 0 8,924,993 10,397,842 13,497 Erewash 0 6,601,406 10,049,921 14,308 Essex 135,311,977 0 47,934,364 65,353 Essex PCC-Fire 10,091,986 0 7,045,400 9,594 Exeter 0 25,257,946 29,542,532 40,054 Fareham 0 16,832,266 18,833,051 23,665 Fenland 0 7,243,731 11,084,141 15,904 Folkestone and Hythe 0 6,754,369 10,626,598 16,378 Forest of Dean 0 3,759,963 6,449,140 10,558 Fylde 0 8,509,760 10,517,510 14,328 Gateshead 21,214,218 0 39,443,144 52,710 Gedling 0 6,278,935 9,470,506 13,662 Gloucester 0 17,351,704 21,194,857 29,183 Gloucestershire 54,680,777 0 23,923,823 33,633 Gosport 0 4,175,844 6,774,515 10,310 Gravesham 0 7,222,256 10,298,018 15,713 Great Yarmouth 0 8,579,518 12,563,925 17,096 Greater London Authority 0 539,739,302 1,660,198,032 3,904,092 Greater Manchester Combined Authority 22,094,279 0 11,141,165 15,534 Greenwich 62,268,197 0 24,342,770 41,756 Guildford 0 32,512,491 35,550,611 45,623 Hackney 69,606,598 0 45,584,885 73,545 Halton 11,920,046 0 25,534,850 74,044 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 11,955,703 76,126,357 86,771 Hampshire 73,545,243 0 51,208,635 67,894 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority 8,991,437 0 8,039,931 10,758 Harborough 0 16,894,676 18,731,509 29,220 Haringey 59,735,597 0 25,321,860 32,898 Harlow 0 17,247,160 20,482,035 24,341 Harrow 23,238,520 0 17,921,732 22,614 Hart 0 12,656,473 14,090,245 16,342 Hartlepool 11,965,752 0 17,591,380 20,112 Hastings 0 6,016,303 9,978,755 13,489 Havant 0 10,167,199 13,640,307 18,586 Havering 8,734,605 0 27,116,301 34,870 Hereford and Worcester Combined Fire Authority 3,399,494 0 2,501,048 3,609 Herefordshire 9,032,291 0 24,830,058 37,526 Hertfordshire 67,513,722 0 61,191,519 78,442 Hertsmere 0 24,370,395 27,195,056 36,647 High Peak 0 8,834,577 11,290,896 16,199 Hillingdon 0 53,137,410 102,125,760 129,970 Hinckley and Bosworth 0 11,399,777 14,095,807 22,240 Horsham 0 16,953,004 19,081,935 27,217 Hounslow 0 9,182,825 60,328,979 76,838 Humberside Combined Fire Authority 10,159,145 0 3,103,092 4,627 Huntingdonshire 0 21,393,288 26,148,399 36,500 Hyndburn 0 4,838,969 8,574,430 13,891 Ipswich 0 17,355,884 21,876,173 29,406 Isle of Wight 12,209,734 0 19,867,511 29,806 Isles of Scilly 668,255 0 941,466 1,222 Islington 9,705,220 0 78,738,965 108,052 Kensington and Chelsea 0 40,448,831 95,151,690 104,011 Kent 140,865,025 0 54,064,457 76,944 Kent Combined Fire Authority 8,497,089 0 6,963,746 9,843 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 0 11,940,298 17,637,016 27,616 Kingston upon Hull 43,441,700 0 41,192,733 58,518 Kingston upon Thames 0 3,521,651 26,412,364 31,865 Kirklees 30,553,748 0 55,218,918 76,539 Knowsley 42,697,127 0 22,025,059 63,612 Lambeth 67,202,037 0 48,499,422 70,632 Lancashire 162,567,915 0 34,001,601 48,749 Lancashire Combined Fire Authority 11,597,168 0 4,671,182 6,714 Lancaster 0 20,435,957 26,387,400 35,046 Leeds 0 10,125,661 174,489,016 242,520 Leicester 50,111,026 0 55,007,294 78,691 Leicestershire 40,384,768 0 23,805,331 37,124 Leicestershire Combined Fire Authority 5,460,787 0 3,883,910 5,919 Lewes 0 8,812,198 11,138,992 16,763 Lewisham 79,696,506 0 19,017,622 26,910 Lichfield 0 12,801,214 14,997,179 20,937 Lincoln 0 12,135,384 16,092,307 22,644 Lincolnshire 95,087,069 0 20,548,047 31,117 Liverpool 82,243,755 0 101,075,761 284,847 Luton 12,767,238 0 37,791,393 47,715 Maidstone 0 21,618,916 25,000,735 34,517 Maldon 0 4,542,254 6,132,089 9,658 Malvern Hills 0 5,251,159 7,147,957 10,642 Manchester 5,858,726 0 179,598,558 499,916 Mansfield 0 7,145,550 11,017,234 15,694 Medway 3,159,362 0 46,859,100 63,381 Melton 0 4,582,650 5,959,963 8,901 Merseyside Fire and CD Authority 16,453,603 0 4,435,928 6,248 Merton 6,656,863 0 30,649,605 38,186 Mid Devon 0 4,733,116 7,029,010 11,085 Mid Suffolk 0 8,216,212 10,575,514 16,757 Mid Sussex 0 18,100,317 20,322,758 29,468 Middlesbrough 29,322,188 0 18,417,835 25,775 Milton Keynes 0 38,380,439 86,590,261 126,008 Mole Valley 0 17,681,155 19,015,497 22,927 New Forest 0 27,086,809 31,233,797 40,695 Newark and Sherwood 0 12,029,880 15,845,244 23,804 Newcastle upon Tyne 24,403,238 0 69,371,269 85,974 Newcastle-under-Lyme 0 10,683,225 14,559,052 21,101 Newham 73,565,403 0 42,076,589 72,797 Norfolk 133,043,146 0 27,776,514 40,803 North Devon 0 10,193,988 13,296,651 20,528 North East Derbyshire 0 3,663,058 6,569,826 10,773 North East Lincolnshire 10,964,108 0 30,254,418 39,816 North Hertfordshire 0 15,061,206 17,889,168 24,528 North Kesteven 0 7,182,492 10,412,733 17,544 North Lincolnshire 0 4,061,454 38,473,789 54,948 North Norfolk 0 8,263,612 11,609,532 18,892 North Northamptonshire 0 3,805,815 62,711,987 102,117 North Somerset 1,177,813 0 31,794,617 46,167 North Tyneside 20,695,372 0 29,413,482 41,132 North Warwickshire 0 20,218,840 22,212,407 32,043 North West Leicestershire 0 22,549,822 25,043,387 43,632 North Yorkshire 0 22,456,594 110,554,288 154,986 North Yorkshire PCC-FRA 3,223,952 0 3,161,085 4,427 Northamptonshire PCC-FRA 2,536,513 0 3,065,812 4,798 Northumberland 27,475,434 0 44,018,022 66,994 Norwich 0 24,435,551 30,646,164 39,266 Nottingham 35,891,794 0 64,300,946 88,722 Nottinghamshire 92,292,759 0 20,681,039 30,102 Nottinghamshire Combined Fire Authority 7,641,209 0 3,611,101 5,155 Nuneaton and Bedworth 0 10,759,535 14,589,410 20,385 Oadby and Wigston 0 3,704,151 5,304,139 7,351 Oldham 37,883,133 0 29,333,753 85,003 Oxford 0 30,373,064 36,867,144 60,258 Oxfordshire 40,117,301 0 34,531,300 51,622 Pendle 0 4,133,827 8,357,575 12,405 Peterborough 0 4,591,798 48,175,081 68,578 Plymouth 15,491,285 0 45,026,541 61,173 Portsmouth 6,422,055 0 43,914,667 59,027 Preston 0 17,748,093 23,515,729 31,744 Reading 0 32,565,789 64,409,443 87,032 Redbridge 34,035,001 0 21,404,837 26,766 Redcar and Cleveland 13,851,937 0 23,553,066 28,194 Redditch 0 12,422,716 14,711,666 19,080 Reigate and Banstead 0 20,907,588 23,382,420 29,059 Ribble Valley 0 5,085,433 6,490,511 10,341 Richmond upon Thames 0 5,233,879 28,652,466 35,992 Rochdale 30,176,440 0 33,477,280 101,733 Rochford 0 6,219,290 8,022,126 11,643 Rossendale 0 3,348,523 5,609,644 8,658 Rother 0 5,463,347 7,927,645 12,632 Rotherham 30,088,725 0 36,513,568 52,418 Rugby 0 15,369,972 17,874,681 29,922 Runnymede 0 21,306,465 23,229,329 30,952 Rushcliffe 0 9,044,874 11,518,423 16,942 Rushmoor 0 20,223,203 22,693,239 29,911 Rutland 0 1,301,533 5,922,681 9,231 Salford 29,676,916 0 45,673,670 147,033 Sandwell 53,400,649 0 52,168,424 151,293 Sefton 31,855,694 0 35,514,094 96,019 Sevenoaks 0 14,743,129 17,133,604 22,656 Sheffield 52,212,644 0 97,978,558 136,114 Shropshire 10,544,851 0 42,446,456 63,219 Shropshire Combined Fire Authority 2,478,150 0 1,590,060 2,283 Slough 0 25,431,892 56,846,538 67,881 Solihull 0 21,404,427 52,748,350 144,800 Somerset 0 2,803,967 88,224,925 126,971 South Cambridgeshire 0 33,893,417 36,639,638 58,319 South Derbyshire 0 7,507,732 10,125,981 15,587 South Gloucestershire 0 27,930,046 67,005,647 181,297 South Hams 0 11,983,368 13,983,887 19,657 South Holland 0 6,040,709 9,511,651 13,532 South Kesteven 0 13,176,978 16,983,546 23,746 South Norfolk 0 8,743,950 11,982,204 20,560 South Oxfordshire 0 18,118,441 20,820,813 27,831 South Ribble 0 12,223,931 14,658,188 21,591 South Staffordshire 0 7,203,129 9,638,830 17,233 South Tyneside 36,711,344 0 14,600,190 20,163 South Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority 12,056,231 0 4,204,767 6,166 Southampton 5,807,767 0 51,618,316 68,659 Southend-on-Sea 12,734,922 0 23,880,403 32,534 Southwark 32,531,512 0 87,673,653 130,254 Spelthorne 0 18,388,957 20,390,009 27,142 St Albans 0 27,900,939 30,520,489 36,925 St. Helens 22,430,254 0 25,519,933 74,907 Stafford 0 15,967,317 18,897,435 27,426 Staffordshire 78,766,515 0 26,212,326 38,053 Staffordshire Moorlands 0 5,519,932 8,240,495 12,330 Staffordshire PCC-FRA 6,213,485 0 3,765,247 5,487 Stevenage 0 18,241,286 20,909,991 26,105 Stockport 4,261,534 0 45,447,184 124,398 Stockton-on-Tees 3,870,693 0 37,283,962 51,073 Stoke-on-Trent 33,682,240 0 41,912,435 61,702 Stratford-on-Avon 0 20,202,302 22,765,160 33,080 Stroud 0 10,258,546 12,821,148 21,131 Suffolk 80,671,437 0 25,876,764 39,313 Sunderland 47,411,904 0 41,670,941 58,268 Surrey 63,980,293 0 55,449,410 71,543 Surrey Heath 0 14,134,283 15,761,359 19,989 Sutton 18,257,370 0 19,522,751 26,807 Swale 0 15,815,358 20,266,220 34,189 Swindon 0 19,526,138 53,025,057 72,843 Tameside 29,806,875 0 28,598,071 82,038 Tamworth 0 10,651,153 13,077,171 17,750 Tandridge 0 8,705,185 10,218,951 13,490 Teignbridge 0 10,063,954 13,584,751 19,861 Telford and Wrekin 4,808,211 0 35,381,988 48,640 Tendring 0 6,626,949 11,875,189 18,902 Test Valley 0 20,824,636 23,295,029 34,887 Tewkesbury 0 14,443,332 16,358,655 21,214 Thanet 0 9,546,910 14,789,891 22,437 Three Rivers 0 15,427,770 17,497,219 24,043 Thurrock 0 25,933,284 60,383,035 81,777 Tonbridge and Malling 0 25,884,156 28,272,043 34,919 Torbay 15,904,175 0 17,854,088 25,059 Torridge 0 2,854,412 5,324,035 9,544 Tower Hamlets 1,780,937 0 113,914,276 157,927 Trafford 0 37,328,533 75,109,507 186,386 Tunbridge Wells 0 20,290,278 22,753,827 30,226 Tyne and Wear Fire and CD Authority 12,157,829 0 3,969,147 5,270 Uttlesford 0 18,012,514 19,622,883 26,791 Vale of White Horse 0 25,832,044 28,290,783 39,925 Wakefield 14,635,212 0 60,199,031 91,342 Walsall 39,097,138 0 38,462,375 103,822 Waltham Forest 50,045,862 0 22,735,624 29,778 Wandsworth 37,391,934 0 39,284,931 52,330 Warrington 0 18,213,390 50,716,035 66,267 Warwick 0 25,263,520 28,839,378 40,424 Warwickshire 39,994,609 0 26,500,001 38,964 Watford 0 25,206,562 28,151,932 32,908 Waverley 0 15,037,777 17,115,364 22,930 Wealden 0 11,327,813 14,391,190 22,684 Welwyn Hatfield 0 27,342,875 30,362,723 40,052 West Berkshire 0 27,631,456 46,409,668 61,843 West Devon 0 3,489,177 5,198,803 7,386 West Lancashire 0 10,226,485 13,665,264 19,143 West Lindsey 0 3,834,953 6,970,763 11,128 West Midlands Fire Authority 24,621,941 0 10,372,353 14,538 West Northamptonshire 0 35,522,986 87,539,952 132,996 West of England Combined Authority 0 0 0 29,980 West Oxfordshire 0 13,780,045 16,006,424 24,106 West Suffolk 0 25,348,920 30,041,950 42,178 West Sussex 46,056,933 0 36,165,856 48,795 West Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority 17,731,404 0 7,930,143 11,269 Westminster 0 559,932,146 653,696,815 728,551 Westmorland and Furness 0 2,372,797 42,976,993 63,535 Wigan 34,269,093 0 38,965,995 114,353 Wiltshire 0 20,277,586 80,333,596 114,353 Winchester 0 21,912,181 24,225,678 35,189 Windsor and Maidenhead 0 31,205,070 44,409,006 53,316 Wirral 51,167,292 0 33,341,245 99,147 Woking 0 18,610,727 20,825,234 27,008 Wokingham 0 22,954,054 37,603,867 51,290 Wolverhampton 41,500,640 0 41,155,309 112,607 Worcester 0 13,413,823 16,126,861 22,698 Worcestershire 47,920,576 0 17,943,791 25,587 Worthing 0 10,062,052 12,855,365 16,485 Wychavon 0 15,824,819 18,576,325 27,887 Wyre 0 8,041,283 11,578,128 16,199 Wyre Forest 0 9,063,521 12,013,131 16,801 York 0 17,016,679 44,565,446 61,922 ”
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make various amendments to the system for the local retention of non-domestic rates (“NDR”) established by Schedule 7B to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (the “1988 Act”).
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/452) (the “Rates Retention Regulations”) make provision about payments by billing authorities (the authorities which bill for non-domestic rates, such as district and unitary councils) to major precepting authorities (authorities, such as county councils, fire and rescue authorities and police and crime commissioners, that impose their own share of a council tax bill). The Hartlepool and Middlesbrough Development Corporations now have the power to exercise functions under section 47 of the 1988 Act and, in doing so, may have to make a payment to billing authorities to compensate them for lost NDR income. Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Rates Retention Regulations so that major precepting authorities receive a share of any payment. Regulation 2 also makes amendments consequential on the Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 (c. 53) (the “2023 Act”).
The Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/737) (the “L&SN Regulations”) prescribe ‘business rates baselines’ (“BRBs”) and thresholds for the purposes of calculating levy and safety net payments. Regulation 3 amends the L&SN Regulations to adjust the BRBs and thresholds following the 2023 revaluation of the rateable values of non-domestic properties across England. The calculation of levy and safety net payments also uses authorities’ retained rates income. Schedule 1 to the L&SN Regulations provides for how this is to be calculated. Regulation 3 amends Schedule 1 in consequence of the 2023 Act and to reflect new guidance on discretionary relief issued by the Secretary of State.
Copies of the guidance are available online, as indicated in the footnotes to these Regulations. Hard copies of the guidance can be obtained free of charge by writing to the Local Government Finance Team, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2 Marsham Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 4DF.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument because it amends an existing local tax regime. Publication of a full impact assessment is not necessary for such legislation.