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Defibrillators: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making defibrillators exempt from VAT.

answeredTreasury

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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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  1. 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.

  2. 9 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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, ...

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