Question follow-through · 643
Take-away Food: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the current 20% VAT rate on independent hot food retailers; and if she will consider aligning the VAT treatment of hot takeaway food with that of cold takeaway foo
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 20 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the current 20% VAT rate on independent hot food retailers; and if she will consider aligning the VAT treatment of hot takeaway food with that of cold takeaway foo
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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20 May 2026
Answer published
VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. VAT is the UK's second largest tax, forecast to raise £180 billion in 2025/26. Hot takeaway food is subject to the 20 per cent standard rate of ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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