Question follow-through · 113316
Hospitality Industry: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2026 to Question 107755 on Hospitality Industry VAT, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of lessons learned from (a) France, (b) Germany,
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2026 to Question 107755 on Hospitality Industry VAT, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of lessons learned from (a) France, (b) Germany,
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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26 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government is aware that some European countries apply reduced VAT rates to hospitality, reflecting different tax systems, policy choices and wider fiscal contexts. VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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