Question follow-through · 106465
Sports: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the analysis carried out by HMRC which was used as evidence to conclude that removing the requirement to charge VAT on local authority sports and leisure activities would not significantly distor
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 19 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the analysis carried out by HMRC which was used as evidence to conclude that removing the requirement to charge VAT on local authority sports and leisure activities would not significantly distor
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2026
Answer published
The analysis carried out by HMRC relating to the VAT treatment of local authority sports and leisure activities is not suitable for publication. The detailed analysis drew on information from a range of sources, some subject to contractual non-disclosure ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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