Question follow-through · 98772
VAT: Repayments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT refunds to businesses in the last six months a) have not been refunded and b) have been delayed.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT refunds to businesses in the last six months a) have not been refunded and b) have been delayed.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2025
Answer published
Between 1 June to 30 November 2025, HMRC processed around 1.4 million VAT repayment returns, with around 93% paid promptly following initial risking.Based on the information held on HMRC’s complaints database, between 1 June to 30 November 2025, HMRC rece...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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