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1489572

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT has been paid by businesses across the hospitality sector in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	37582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The hospitality sector broadly equates to the Sector Industrial Classification of ‘Accommodation and Food Service Activities’ which is divided between two subsectors: accommodation, and food and beverage service activities.</p><p> </p><p>The following is the Net VAT declared across these two subsectors for the three most recent years of published data found in the HMRC’s publication, VAT annual statistics:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Subsector</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accommodation</p></td><td><p>2,240</p></td><td><p>2,110</p></td><td><p>-500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food and beverage service activities</p></td><td><p>6,670</p></td><td><p>6,770</p></td><td><p>980</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>All figures are in £ millions.</em></p><p> </p><p>These declarations data reflect the net liabilities from VAT returns (rather than actual payments made) and are not impacted by the VAT deferral scheme which allowed businesses to defer their VAT between 20 March and 30 June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The negative figure for the Accommodation subsector in 2020-21 reflects that that this subsector was in a net repayment position this year, whereby VAT Repayments exceeded VAT Payments. This was mainly due to the reduced 5 per cent VAT rate that was introduced on 15 July 2020.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/07/2022 17:00:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1484336

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reducing the 20 per cent VAT rate for for the hospitality sector in the context of increased energy and food costs.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	26919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. This relief ended on the 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the reduced rate of VAT for hospitality and tourism was a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It was appropriate that, as restrictions were lifted, and demand for goods and services in these sectors increased, the temporary tax reliefs were first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances. While we keep all taxes under review, there are no plans to reintroduce a reduced rate of VAT from tourism and hospitality.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/07/2022 15:15:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1467522

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of extending the 12.5 per cent VAT rates until the end of 2022 to help hospitality businesses.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	11637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. This relief ended on the 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the reduced rate of VAT for hospitality and tourism was a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It was appropriate that as restrictions were lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increased, the temporary tax reliefs were first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/06/2022 14:04:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1457254

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the hospitality industry of ending the reduced rate of 12.5% VAT for the sector; and what steps he is taking to mitigate against any negative impact of his decision to remove this rate.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	154500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. This relief ended on the 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the reduced rate of VAT for hospitality and tourism was a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases, the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/04/2022 15:08:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1456627

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the rise in VAT on businesses in the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	151117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. This relief ended on the 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the reduced rate of VAT for hospitality and tourism was a temporary measure designed to support sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases, the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/04/2022 14:03:48 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1437068

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the 12.5 per cent hospitality VAT rate to the end of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	132328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. The sector can continue to benefit from this relief until 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the reduced rate of VAT for tourism and hospitality is a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases, the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p><p> </p><p>This relief has cost over £8 billion and, whilst all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to extend the 12.5 per cent reduced rate of VAT.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/03/2022 15:11:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1419612

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the 12.5 per cent VAT rate until the end of 2022 for the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	117890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. This new rate will end on 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This relief has cost over £8 billion and, whilst all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to extend the 12.5 per cent reduced rate of VAT. The Government has been clear that this relief is a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases, the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/02/2022 09:59:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1419035

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the VAT rate of 12.5 per cent for the hospitality industry until the end of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	117117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. This new rate will end on 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This relief has cost over £8 billion and, whilst all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to extend the 12.5 per cent reduced rate of VAT. The Government has been clear that this relief is a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases, the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/02/2022 16:23:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1417344

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the temporary reduction of VAT for businesses in the hospitality sector beyond 31 of March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Staffordshire Moorlands
tabling member printed	Karen Bradley
uin	113097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and to protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. This new rate will end on 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This relief has cost over £8 billion and, whilst all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to extend the 12.5 per cent reduced rate of VAT. The Government has been clear that this relief is a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases, the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 113262 113263 question first answered 04/02/2022 11:29:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley

1416771

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to extend the reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector beyond April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	112707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. This new rate will end on 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This relief has cost over £8 billion and, whilst all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to extend the 12.5 per cent reduced rate of VAT. The Government has been clear that this relief is a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/01/2022 14:16:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna