Question follow-through · 65660
VAT: Dementia and Disability
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of VAT on the affordability of support services for people with (a) permanent disabilities and (b) dementia.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of VAT on the affordability of support services for people with (a) permanent disabilities and (b) dementia.
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2025
Answer published
Supplies of welfare services, including the provision of care for people with permanent disabilities and dementia, are exempt from VAT if they are supplied by eligible bodies, such as public bodies or charities. When developing policy, including on VAT on...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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