Question follow-through · 90278
Small Businesses: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to take steps to amend the VAT threshold structure to support small employers in the (a) hospitality and (b) personal care sector.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to take steps to amend the VAT threshold structure to support small employers in the (a) hospitality and (b) personal care sector.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2025
Answer published
With a VAT registration threshold of £90,000, the UK’s threshold is higher than any EU country and the joint highest in the OECD. The Government’s approach to the VAT threshold aims to balance potential impacts on small businesses, including their growth ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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