Question follow-through · 12587
Land: Sales
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of additional social homes that could be delivered annually as a result of introducing a zero rate of VAT on land intended for social housing.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of additional social homes that could be delivered annually as a result of introducing a zero rate of VAT on land intended for social housing.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government recently published a consultation on introducing a zero rate of VAT for land intended for social housing. The proposed policy is intended to simplify and accelerate the construction of social housing in line with the Government’s wider stra...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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