Question reference: S5W-36246
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 12 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in Dundee have received a reduction or 100% relief on their non-domestic rates in each year since 2016.
Answer
The following table shows the number of properties in Dundee receiving rates relief of 100% or less in each year since 2016-17.
Property-level data for 2017-18 is not available. The data includes all reliefs e.g. the Small Business Bonus Scheme, charitable rates relief; empty property relief; retail, hospitality, leisure and aviation relief, etc. 100% rates relief includes both single reliefs, as well as combinations of two or more reliefs summing to 100%.
Please note that these figures relate to properties, rather than businesses, as one business can occupy multiple properties.
Year | Properties receiving some rates relief, but less than 100% | Properties receiving 100% rates relief |
2016-17 | 760 | 2,610 |
2018-19 | 430 | 3,100 |
2019-20 | 430 | 3,160 |
2020-21 | 330 | 4,120 |
Source: Local Authority billing information as at 5 October 2016, 1 June 2018, 31 May 2019, and 1 July 2020
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
The figures are derived from snapshot data, showing the reliefs awarded as at the snapshot date. The number of properties awarded rates relief is likely to vary throughout the year.