| Heading: |
Confectionery: VAT |
| Question ID: |
1815353 |
| UIN: |
61750 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4008 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dame Caroline Dinenage
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| Asking Member handle: |
cj_dinenage
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@cj_dinenage
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance she is providing to sweetshop businesses on VAT applied to freeze-dried products. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-26 |
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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: |
Guidance on which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes can be found in VAT Notice 701/14 Food products on GOV.UK. Confectionery is covered at paragraph 3.6. Businesses which have read the guidance and are still unsure... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |