Question follow-through · 7460
Sunscreens: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the potential impact of removing VAT from sunscreen on the incidence of (a) melanoma and (b) non-melanoma skin cancers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 7 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the potential impact of removing VAT from sunscreen on the incidence of (a) melanoma and (b) non-melanoma skin cancers.
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. It is the UK’s second largest tax, forecast to raise £176 billion in 2024/25. Tax breaks reduce the revenue available for public services, and m...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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