| Heading: |
Personal Care Services: VAT |
| Question ID: |
1804902 |
| UIN: |
53983 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4673 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jo Platt
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| Asking Member handle: |
JoPlattLeigh
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JoPlattLeigh
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the application of VAT to the hair and beauty sector, in the context of levels of competition with other self-employed businesses in (a) Leigh and |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4797 |
| Answering Member display name: |
James Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answer text: |
VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. VAT is the UK’s third largest tax, forecast to raise £180 billion in 2025/26. The Government recognises the important social and economic role o... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |