Question follow-through · 11167
Hospitality Industry: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has she made of the potential merits of reducing VAT to 10% for hospitality businesses in Wales.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has she made of the potential merits of reducing VAT to 10% for hospitality businesses in Wales.
23 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2026
Answer published
VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption. It is a reserved tax and applies across the UK, with the 20 per cent standard rate applying to most goods and services. Reduced rates of VAT come at a significant cost to the Exchequer and reduce the revenue availa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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