Subject	Predicate	Object
4jBpv9ys	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	7ibvp86m
	answer has answering person	Kevin Paul Hollinrake
	answer text	<p>My Department regularly engages with businesses in the hospitality sector and is actively working with Hospitality Sector Council to support businesses with the costs they face.</p><p>The Government introduced a temporary reduced rate of VAT for hospitality on 15 July 2020 to support businesses that were severely affected by COVID-19. This relief ended on 31 March 2022. At the Autumn Statement 2022 the Chancellor brought forward a package of changes to business rates worth £13.6bn to businesses over the next 5 years.</p><p>This is in addition to the Energy Bills Relief Scheme, which discounted businesses’ energy bills until 31 March 2023, and the new Energy Bills Discount Scheme.</p>
	answer given date	2023-04-17
	answer has answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	written answer has answering body	Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade	answering body has written answer	4jBpv9ys
Department for Business and Trade	answering body has answer	4jBpv9ys
7ibvp86m	question has answer	4jBpv9ys
Kevin Paul Hollinrake	answering person has answer	4jBpv9ys