Question follow-through · 44271
Bicycles: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing VAT from children's bikes on levels of take up of cycling among children and young people.
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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
4 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing VAT from children's bikes on levels of take up of cycling among children and young people.
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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10 Apr 2025
Answer published
VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. Taxation is a vital source of revenue that helps to fund vital public services. Evidence suggests that businesses only partially pass on any savi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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