HC Deb 21 June 1979 vol 968 cc671-2W
23. Miss Fookes

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will exempt charitable organisations from paying value added tax on the following items: hoists, overbed tables and patients' lockers, patient trolleys and stretchers, sari-chairs, wheelchairs and minibuses converted to carry handicapped persons.

Mr. Lawson

No. In the context of a broadly based tax it would be inappropriate to extend reliefs from VAT on these lines.

Mr. Denzil Davies

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, assuming an identical pattern of spending, what is the extra annual cost to a family of two adults and two children with a total gross income of (a) £4,000,(b) £8,000 and (c) £20,000 of the standardisation of value added tax at 15 per cent.

Mr. Peter Rees

I shall let the right hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.

Mr. Denzil Davies

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the extra revenue arising as a result of the standardisation of value added tax at 15 per cent. will come from (a) the provision of services and (b) the sale of goods.

Mr. Peter Rees

I shall let the right hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.

Mr. Denzil Davies

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much extra revenue will be paid by charities as a result of the increase in value added tax to 15 per cent.

Mr. Peter Rees

I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Welsh) on 19 June.

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