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date	20/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beekeeping: Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to adjust the rate of VAT applied to bee keeping equipment after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	106490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>VAT is a broad based tax on consumption and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services, including on equipment used for bee keeping. Businesses that are registered for VAT will usually be able to reclaim the VAT they incur when they purchase these items for business purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Changing the rate of VAT on bee keeping equipment would come at a cost to the Exchequer. Although the Government keeps all taxes under review, the Government has no current plans to change the VAT treatment of such goods.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/10/2020 15:05:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1245146

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beekeeping: Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the public purse of VAT duties paid by bee keepers for bee keeping equipment in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	106491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>HMRC do not hold data on VAT collected specifically from the activities of bee keepers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC record and publish annually details of VAT receipts and liabilities across trade sectors and subsectors, but not of activities at this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not hold information on VAT revenue from specific products or services because 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 Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/10/2020 12:26:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

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registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bowling: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the exclusion of ten pin bowling businesses from the reduction in VAT for tourism and hospitality businesses.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	97026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July to support the cash flow and viability of over 150,000 businesses and protect 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors, which have been severely affected by Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>Hospitality for the purposes of this relief includes the supply of food and non-alcoholic beverages from restaurants, cafes, pubs and similar establishments for consumption on the premises. It also includes the supply of hot food and non-alcoholic hot beverages to take away.</p><p> </p><p>Where a bowling alley provides such hospitality, that hospitality will benefit from the reduced rate, although admission to a bowling alley itself is not eligible. Further information can be found in VAT Guidance: reduced rate for hospitality, holiday accommodation and attractions on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/catering-takeaway-food-and-vat-notice-7091" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/catering-takeaway-food-and-vat-notice-7091</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/10/2020 15:06:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard