Question follow-through · 27579
VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing VAT rates to levels more closely aligned with those in other European countries.
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
- 7 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
7 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing VAT rates to levels more closely aligned with those in other European countries.
9 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is aware some European countries apply different VAT rates to certain goods and services, reflecting different tax systems, policy choices and wider fiscal contexts.VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate ...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 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.
No later same-department questions indexed.
This is an absence in covered public data, not evidence that no follow-up occurred elsewhere.