United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 78730
Defibrillators: VAT
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10 October 2025
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15 October 2025 · Answer
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15 October 2025
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending existing VAT reliefs on defibrillators to cover direct purchases by (a) community groups, (b) sports clubs and (c) small businesses.
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10 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending existing VAT reliefs on defibrillators to cover direct purchases by (a) community groups, (b) sports clubs and (c) small businesses.
Source: Commons
15 October 2025
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VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. Exceptions to the standard rate have always been limited and balanced against affordability considerations.The Government currently provides VAT...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-10/78730
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1837532
- uk · wq-1837532 · source updated 15 October 2025