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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-29903

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: 16 September 2024
  • Current status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 September 2024

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the budget provision to provide 100% rates relief for hospitality businesses on islands and specific remote locations; what consultation has taken place regarding the impact of applying this relief at that level, and what plans it has to maintain it.


Answer

The Scottish Fiscal Commission’s forecasts from December 2023 estimate the cost of Hospitality Relief for Islands and Specified Remote areas to be £4 million in 2024-25. An Island Communities Impact Assessment, published alongside the Non-Domestic Rates (Islands and Remote Areas Hospitality Relief) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 which deliver this relief, considers the impact of this relief.

Scottish Ministers have, and continue to have, regular engagement with representatives of the hospitality sector on non-domestic rates matters, including relief, through quarterly roundtables as well as the New Deal for Business Non-Domestic Rates sub-group which includes a task team considering the impact of non-domestic rates reliefs.

Decisions on non-domestic rates and reliefs for 2025-26 will be considered in the context of the Scottish Budget.