Question follow-through · 45736
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equalising VAT rates for (a) home and (b) public electric vehicle charging points.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 24 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equalising VAT rates for (a) home and (b) public electric vehicle charging points.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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24 Apr 2025
Answer published
The supply of energy for domestic use attracts the reduced rate of VAT. (five per cent). Whilst this relief was not designed for charging EVs at home, it applies for all uses of domestic energy. Public EV charging is subject to the standard rate of VAT (2...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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