Question follow-through · 22658
Electricity: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for Budget Responsibility was consulted before the announcement of the VAT reduction on electricity bills.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for Budget Responsibility was consulted before the announcement of the VAT reduction on electricity bills.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government’s recent announcement to cut VAT on electricity bills applies and is funded from 1st October 2026 to 31st March 2027.Tax decisions will be taken at the Budget alongside an Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast. All decisions will ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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