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Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of revenue lost in 2027/28 by permanently reducing VAT to 5% for hospitality businesses.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
8 Jun 2026
Answer
12 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of revenue lost in 2027/28 by permanently reducing VAT to 5% for hospitality businesses.

  2. 8 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    HMRC estimates that the cost of changing the 20 per cent Standard Rate of VAT on all accommodation and food and beverage services to the Reduced Rate of 5 per cent would be around £17 billion in 2027-28The Government recognises the significant contributio...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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