Energy-Saving Products (VAT) (Hansard, 19 December 1994)

HC Deb 19 December 1994 vol 251 c942W 942W

Mr. Robert Ainsworth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations have been made to him regarding VAT rates on energy-saving products.

§ Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
Treasury Ministers and Customs and Excise receive representations about the VAT treatment of a wide variety of goods and services. No record of the number of such representations specifically in respect of energy-saving products is available, but they are relatively few and infrequent.

Mr. Robert Ainsworth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost to the Treasury of reducing VAT on energy-saving products to 8 per cent.

§ Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
The information on which such an estimate of revenue effect would be based is not available.