WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 28716

Housing Improvement: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the reduced rate of VAT on renovating empty residential properties.

answeredTreasury

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
10 Sept 2026
Target answer date
15 Sept 2026
Answer
15 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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

More questions by this MP on Housing and planning

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the reduced rate of VAT on renovating empty residential properties.

  2. 15 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    To support the Government’s housing delivery targets, the Government maintains several VAT reliefs for the construction of homes. This includes a reduced rate of VAT of five per cent for the renovation of properties that have been empty for two or more ye...

Open official record

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tax Allowances

11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Tax Reliefs are in force.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tax Allowances

11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish analysis of the usage of structural and non-structural tax reliefs in force during 2024-25.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the bespoke departmental efficiency targets and plans.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he accepts the recommendation from the Office for Value for Money to conduct thematic value for money reviews and publish the terms of reference of these reviews in 2026.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mortgage Guarantee Scheme

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what take-up there has been of the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme since July 2025 and how take-up compares with the predecessor scheme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Service Industries: VAT

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost and the impact of the Great British Summer Savings scheme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Written question 29926

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to question (28309) a) how many people claimed Tax-Free Childcare in each tax year since the scheme was introduced and b) what information is held about their incomes.