United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 61606
VAT: Tax Rates and Bands
Original
Introduced
18 June 2020
Last action
23 June 2020 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
23 June 2020
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a time-limited reduction in VAT to support economic recovery as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
18 June 2020
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a time-limited reduction in VAT to support economic recovery as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
Source: Commons
23 June 2020
Answer
VAT raised over £130 billion in 2019/2020. It is a vital source of revenue for the Exchequer and plays an important part in funding the Government’s spending priorities including hospitals, schools and defence. A temporary VAT reduction therefore would co...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Treasury · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-18/61606
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1205273
- uk · wq-1205273 · source updated 23 June 2020