Question follow-through · 67797
Hospitality Industry: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the hospitality sector on the impact of the current rate of VAT on small businesses.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the hospitality sector on the impact of the current rate of VAT on small businesses.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade regularly engages with representatives from the hospitality sector, including through the hospitality sector council to understand the challenges they face, including the impact of VAT on small businesses.VAT is a bro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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