Question follow-through · 39774
VAT Exemptions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a targeted VAT relief to 15% for (a) food, (b) alcohol and (c) tickets for (i) grassroots and (ii) cultural nightlife busine
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a targeted VAT relief to 15% for (a) food, (b) alcohol and (c) tickets for (i) grassroots and (ii) cultural nightlife busine
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the significant contribution made by hospitality businesses to economic growth and social life in the UK.VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. Tax breaks re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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