| Heading: |
Religious Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance |
| Question ID: |
1809341 |
| UIN: |
57514 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5285 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Katie Lam
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Katie Lam
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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 impact of the UK’s exit from the EU on levels of VAT for (a) repairs and (b) maintenance payments for places of worship. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-13 |
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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 second largest tax, forecast to raise £180.4 billion in 2025/26. Taxation is a vital source of revenue that helps to fund vital p... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |