questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 116755 on Licensing Premises: Business Rates, whether local billing authorities in London are required to apply the 15 per cent pub and live music relief to the GLA Business Rate Supplement in the 2026-27 financial year; and whether the 15 per cent relief is a (a) mandatory and (b) discretional reduction on a discretionary relief.
answerText: Where business rate reliefs are implemented under section 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, such as the Pubs and Live Music Venues Relief Scheme, Business Rate Supplements are adjusted to reflect the percentage relief provided by those schemes ...
heading: Licensed Premises: Business Rates