Question follow-through · 9523
Heat Batteries
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will add heat batteries for a central heating system to the list of energy saving materials that are zero-rated.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 25 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will add heat batteries for a central heating system to the list of energy saving materials that are zero-rated.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Oct 2024
Answer published
The installation of qualifying energy-saving materials in residential accommodation and buildings used solely for a relevant charitable purpose benefits from a temporary VAT zero rate until March 2027. Last year, a Call for Evidence (CfE) seeking views on...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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