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1564276

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date	06/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of VAT is for battery upgrades to existing domestic solar installations.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	117841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>Battery storage supplied as part of an installation of solar panels will benefit from the VAT zero rate until 31 March 2027.</p><p> </p><p>Battery storage itself has not been added to the list of qualifying materials and therefore will continue to be standard rated when installed separately, including where such storage is an upgrade to an existing solar panel installation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/01/2023 17:39:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1551137

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: 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 1 November 2022 to Question 73093 on Solar Power: VAT, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying a zero per cent rate of VAT to batteries used for energy-storage purposes to supporting weather-dependant renewable energy sources, and whether he will provide and update on the review.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	109662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>As set out in my previous response, at Spring Statement 2022, the Government announced the expansion of the VAT relief on the installation of energy saving materials (ESMs) to residential accommodation in Great Britain. The expansion of the relief, which includes the zero-rating of solar panel installations, represents an additional £280 million of support for investment in ESMs.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is the UK’s third largest tax, forecast to raise £157 billion in 2022/23, helping to fund key spending priorities such as important public services, including the NHS and policing. Extending the ESMs relief to battery storage as a standalone technology would have a fiscal cost and should be viewed in the context of over £50 billion of requests for relief from VAT received since the EU referendum.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government keeps all taxes under review, and recognises the importance of ensuring that policy remains in step with the rapid pace of technological development in the ESMs market and the changing policy context since this particular relief was introduced.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/12/2022 15:22:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1536874

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including solar batteries used for energy-storage purposes which are installed as standalone products on the list of energy saving measures that qualify for zero per cent VAT; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of that policy on (a) the deployment of domestic low carbon technologies, (b) energy efficiency and (c) household energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	73093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>At Spring Statement 2022, the Government announced the expansion of the VAT relief on the installation of energy saving materials (ESMs) to residential accommodation in Great Britain. The expansion of the relief, which includes the zero-rating of solar panel installations, represents an additional £280 million of support for investment in ESMs.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is the UK’s third largest tax, forecast to raise £154 billion in 2022-23, helping to fund key spending priorities such as important public services, including the NHS and policing. Extending the ESMs relief to battery storage as a standalone technology would have a fiscal cost and should be viewed in the context of over £50 billion of requests for relief from VAT received since the EU referendum.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government keeps all taxes under review, and recognises the importance of ensuring that policy remains in step with the rapid pace of technological development in the ESMs market and the changing policy context since this particular relief was introduced.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2022 15:57:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1467463

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	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Departments guidance on Energy-saving materials and heating equipment (VAT Notice 708/6) updated in April 2022, whether batteries used for solar panels are zero rated for VAT.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	11622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>Battery storage supplied as part of the installation of solar panels will benefit from the VAT zero rate for the next five years. Battery storage itself has not been added to the list of qualifying materials and therefore will continue to be standard rated when installed as a standalone product.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/06/2022 08:44:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski