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answer › question first answered	2019-05-24T13:01:23.847Z
min date	2019-05-16
answer › date of answer	2019-05-24

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answering body

answering dept id

answering dept short name

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house id

legislature


pref label

question text

tabling member constituency

tabling member printed

uin

answer

is ministerial correction

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answering member constituency

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1127096

registered interest

date

16/05/2019

answering body

Treasury

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Treasury

answering dept sort name

Treasury

hansard heading

Press and Publications: VAT Zero Rating

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons VAT on (a) books, (b) newspapers and (c) magazines is zero-rated.

tabling member constituency

Carshalton and Wallington

tabling member printed

Tom Brake

uin

255251

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

24/05/2019

answer text

A zero rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) has applied to supplies of books, newspapers and magazines in the UK since the adoption of VAT in 1973. This served as a continuation of the exemption of those supplies from purchase tax, applied from its inception in 1940.

answering member constituency

Hereford and South Herefordshire

answering member printed

Jesse Norman

question first answered

24/05/2019 13:01:23

answering member

3991

	label	Biography information for Jesse Norman

tabling member

151

	label	Biography information for Tom Brake