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Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reducing the rate of VAT for the hospitality sector.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
4 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reducing the rate of VAT for the hospitality sector.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    VAT is the UK’s third largest tax. It is forecast to raise £180 billion in 2025/26, which funds public services. VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. Exceptions to the standard rate...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government is considering proposals to replace Vehicle Excise Duty with a pay-per-mile road pricing system.

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Carers and Older People: Taxation

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