Gift Aid

About this written question

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Answering body

Department for Business and Trade

Tabled

29 Oct 2025

Target answer date

3 Nov 2025

Answer

7 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 29 Oct 2025

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing exemptions to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (2024) to enable people who pay for charity subscriptions to continue

2. 3 Nov 2025

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 7 Nov 2025

   Answer published

   The government understands the vital role that Gift Aid income provides for charities. The government intends that charities will be able to comply with both the consumer protections in the subscription chapter of the Digital Markets, Competition and Cons...

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.