Question follow-through · 21847
Personal Care Services: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of VAT thresholds on the ability for hair and beauty establishments to expand their service provision and employ more staff.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- 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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of VAT thresholds on the ability for hair and beauty establishments to expand their service provision and employ more staff.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
At £90,000, the UK has a higher VAT registration threshold than any EU country and the joint highest in the OECD. This means the majority of UK businesses are not in the VAT system at all. Any consideration of changes to the threshold would have to caref...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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