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Dear Mr Porter

Thank you for your request for information submitted with Mid Ulster
District Council on 03/04/2024 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(the Act).

Your request has been referred to the relevant Council Officers and a
response will be issued to you as soon as a response becomes available, in
accordance with the Act.

Yours sincerely

 Ursula Roberts 

Mid Ulster District Council

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From: Liam Porter <[FOI #1111038 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 7:09 PM
To: Mid Ulster Info <[Mid Ulster District Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Business Rates

Dear Mid Ulster District Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the
following information:

By what percentage have the business rates you have collected for the last
three years increased?

Yours faithfully,

Liam Porter

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Dear Mr Porter 
 
Thank you for your information request, submitted with Mid Ulster District
Council under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) on 03/04/2024
regarding business rates.
The council has considered your request and responds as detailed.
 
Q1. By what percentage have the business rates you have collected for the
last three years increased?
 
Response: From the outset I can advise that local councils in Northern
Ireland do not collect rates, instead that collection function is carried
out by Land and Property Services, contact details available from the
following link [1]Land & Property Service.

Councils do, however, set the District Rate element of the rates bill
levied on ratepayers. This is made up of the domestic and non domestic
rates and I have assumed from your query that your reference to “business
rates” relates to the “non-domestic” element of the District Rate. In
relation to the non-domestic element of the District Rate, this Council
has applied the following rate increases:-

• 2021/22 - rate struck reflected a 0% increase from the equivalent non
domestic district rate in 2020/21
• 2022/23 - rate struck reflected a 3.9% increase from the equivalent
non domestic district rate in 2021/22
• 2023/24 – rate struck reflected a 4.32% increase from the equivalent
non domestic district rate in 2022/23

Please see link for brief explanation and also confirmation of the
district rate set by Mid Ulster District Council for the current financial
year 2024/25 of 5.9% for domestic and business rates - [2]Rates
Information | Mid Ulster District Council (midulstercouncil.org)
 
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months of the date of this response and should be sent to:
 
Chief Executive
Mid Ulster District Council
Dungannon Office
Circular Road
DUNGANNON BT71 6DT
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Information Commissioner’s Office
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Cheshire SK9 5AF

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If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Ursula Roberts
 
Mid Ulster District Council
Tel: 03000 132 132
 

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