Question follow-through · 22498
Defibrillators: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making defibrillators exempt from VAT.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making defibrillators exempt from VAT.
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government currently provides VAT reliefs to aid the purchase of defibrillators. For example, when an Automated External Defibrillator is purchased with funds provided by a charity and then donated to an eligible body, no VAT is charged. Furthermore, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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