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	date	21/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Defibrillators: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 19 January 2018 to Question 123106 on Defibrillators: VAT, what plans his Department has to review legislation on VAT on automated external defibrillators.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	60363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government takes the safety of the public seriously and, as noted in the previous answer, already provides several VAT reliefs to aid the purchases of Automated External Defibrillators and other first aid equipment. <strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Going further would impose significant additional pressure on the public finances, to which VAT makes a significant contribution. VAT raised around £130 billion in 2019/20 and helps to fund key spending priorities. Any reduction in tax paid is a reduction in the money available to support important public services, including the NHS and policing.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/10/2021 14:42:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

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	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Defibrillators: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2021 to Question 68145 and the Answer of the 26 October 2021 to question 60363, on what evidential basis his Department concluded that reviewing legislation on VAT on automated external defibrillators would impose significant additional pressure on the public finances in the absence of a specific cost-benefit analysis.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	72369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has received over £50 billion worth of requests for relief from VAT since the EU referendum. Any new VAT relief would come at a cost to the exchequer.</p><p> </p><p>There are existing VAT reliefs in place to aid the purchase of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), including VAT relief on purchases made by local authorities and those made through voluntary contributions, where the AED is donated to eligible charities or the NHS.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/11/2021 14:33:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1365621

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Defibrillators: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2021 to Question 60363, what the cost to the public purse would be of removing VAT on automated external defibrillators.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	68145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>HMRC does not hold information on VAT revenue from specific products or services. Businesses are not required to provide figures at a product level on their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive administrative burden.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/11/2021 14:04:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne