To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) of 20 January 2009, Official Report, column 1277W, on non-domestic rates: business, whether the business rate multiplier will be reduced in April 2010 if retail price index inflation in September 2009 is negative. (262035)

If the retail price index inflation in September 2009 is negative it will have a reducing impact on the multiplier for 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what additional levy there is on top of the standard business rates bill in each business improvement district which has been established. (262037)

The Department does not collect this information, as businesses within the BID area decide on the amount of the levy and vote in a ballot on whether the scheme should go ahead. The size and calculation of the BID levy varies widely between BIDs. The levy is collected by the billing authority and held in a separate BIDs Revenue Account where it is ring-fenced and can only be used for the BID.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much she estimates will be raised from business rates in (a) England and (b) Wales in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10. (262608)

For England, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) on 19 January 2009, Official Report, column 1081W.

Business rates in Wales are the responsibility of the Welsh Assembly Government.