Mark Pritchard – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research his Department has commissioned on the (a) age profile of rural counties and (b) ability of older residents to generate business rates.

Mr Marcus Jones

The Office for National Statistics publish population estimates and population projections at the local authority level, broken down by age. We are not aware of any evidence to suggest a correlation between levels of business rates income and the age profile of residents.