Julian Sturdy – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Sturdy on 2016-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the changes in business rates for small solar PV systems as a result of the planned 2017 revaluation on the (a) rate of installation of new systems and (b) maintenance of existing systems.

Andrea Leadsom

Business rates are calculated based on a property’s ‘rateable value’. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is responsible for determining the rateable values in line with existing legislation and case law.

I understand that the VOA is currently consulting with the solar industry over how those rateable values will apply to solar installations from 1st April 2017.