Question follow-through · 26293
Public Footpaths: VAT
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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
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.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2026
Answer published
VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services, this includes most repair and maintenance works. Exceptions to the standard rate have always been limited and balanced against affordability cons...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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