Question follow-through · 22699

Service Industries: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have registered to participate in the Great British Summer Savings scheme.

answeredTreasury

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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

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have registered to participate in the Great British Summer Savings scheme.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    From 25 June to 1 September the Government introduced a temporary reduced rate of VAT on children's menu meals and eligible family attractions. This was a targeted and temporary scheme to reduce the costs of children’s meals in restaurants, children’s tic...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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