Question follow-through · 44310

Gift Aid: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will take steps to amend Gift Aid regulations to allow charitable (a) zoos and (b) aquariums to claim on the price of admission.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
4 Apr 2025
Target answer date
8 Apr 2025
Answer
10 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will take steps to amend Gift Aid regulations to allow charitable (a) zoos and (b) aquariums to claim on the price of admission.

  2. 8 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the important work the charity sector does in the UK, which is why we currently provide tax reliefs to charities and their donors worth over £6 billion per year, including over £1.6 billion in Gift Aid.Gift Aid is intended to be ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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