Question follow-through · 60292
Aviation: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing VAT exemptions for private (a) first-class and (b) business-class flights on Aviation Industry’s Carbon Footprint.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing VAT exemptions for private (a) first-class and (b) business-class flights on Aviation Industry’s Carbon Footprint.
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
The principal tax on the aviation sector is Air Passenger Duty (APD), which is expected to raise £4.7 billion in 2025-26. APD aims to ensure that airlines make a fair contribution to the public finances. The Government has put in place a wide range of mea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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