Question follow-through · 127979
Visitor Levy: Hospitality Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the evidence they commissioned prior to launching a consultation on introducing an overnight levy included an international comparison of VAT levels on hospitality.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 16 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the evidence they commissioned prior to launching a consultation on introducing an overnight levy included an international comparison of VAT levels on hospitality.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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23 Apr 2026
Answer published
Ahead of launching the consultation, the Government considered a broad range of evidence on the case for a discretionary overnight visitor levy, including international comparisons of VAT rates on hospitality. The consultation closed on 18 February, and t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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