Question follow-through · 24543
Sunscreens: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he has considered the potential impact of removing VAT charges from sunscreen products.
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
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he has considered the potential impact of removing VAT charges from sunscreen products.
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.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Public Footpaths: VAT
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential economic and environmental merits of applying zero-rating for VAT to repair and maintenance work on upland paths.
Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to Machine Gaming Duty on employment levels in (a) casinos and (b) bingo halls.
Defibrillators: Finance
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to (a) reinstate the Community Automated External Defibrillator Fund and (b) introduce VAT relief for community groups purchasing defibrillators.