Question follow-through · 71559
Drugs: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the VAT rules that apply to the supply of medicines by (a) NHS and (b) private pharmacy services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the VAT rules that apply to the supply of medicines by (a) NHS and (b) private pharmacy services.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2025
Answer published
The supply of drugs is subject to VAT at the standard rate unless an exception applies. One of these exceptions is that the zero rate of VAT is applied when a drug is supplied to an individual for personal use on prescription and dispensed by a registered...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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