Question follow-through · 16245
Counselling and Psychiatry: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from services provided by (a) psychotherapists and (b) counsellors.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from services provided by (a) psychotherapists and (b) counsellors.
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2024
Answer published
Many services provided directly or supervised by registered health professionals are exempt from VAT, meaning no VAT is charged to the final consumer. However, this relief does not apply to professionals who do not have statutory registers. The UK’s appro...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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