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answering dept short name	Treasury
answer › grouped question UIN	20033
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1698140

registered interest

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22/03/2024

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Treasury

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Treasury

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Treasury

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Audiobooks: VAT

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made representations to the Minister for Women and Equalities in support of a 0% VAT rate on audiobooks to prevent discrimination against people with (a) dyslexia, (b) sight (i) loss and (ii) impairment and (c) disabilities preventing them from holding a physical book.

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Hemel Hempstead

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Sir Mike Penning

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20034

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

28/03/2024

answer text

The Government is committed to supporting those with disabilities who may struggle to access physical books and therefore rely more heavily on audiobooks. In line with its statutory obligations under the Equality Act, the Government carefully considers the impact of VAT policy on those with disabilities. However, there is never any guarantee that any VAT cut is passed onto consumers. It is therefore not clear that cutting the VAT on audiobooks would actually benefit consumers, including those with disabilities. Given this, the government does not currently have any plans to change the VAT treatment of audiobooks.

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Mid Worcestershire

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Nigel Huddleston

grouped question UIN

20033

question first answered

28/03/2024 13:38:55

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	label	Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

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	label	Biography information for Sir Mike Penning