Question follow-through · 11734
Hospitality Industry: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of current VAT rates on the viability of independent hospitality businesses in England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 22 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of current VAT rates on the viability of independent hospitality businesses in England.
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
At £90,000, the UK has the second highest registration threshold among all 38 OECD countries, which keeps the majority of businesses, including independent hospitality businesses, outside the VAT system. VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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