Question follow-through · 21356
Sunscreens: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the potential merits of removing VAT on sunscreen.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the potential merits of removing VAT on sunscreen.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
VAT rules allow drugs and medications that are dispensed by a registered pharmacist against a prescription issued by a qualifying health professional to be zero rated for VAT. High-factor sunscreen is already on the NHS prescription list for certain condi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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