Angus Brendan MacNeil – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Brendan MacNeil on 2016-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK solar power market of the proposed 2017 business rate rise for organisations investing in roof top solar power for their own consumption.

Mr Marcus Jones

Business rates policy in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government. In England, business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we do not intervene in their independent assessments. We have proposed a £3.4 billion transitional relief scheme for England to ensure that no ratepayer is unfairly penalised by the 2017 revaluation.