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1132526

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the proposals to increase VAT on solar panels by 20 per cent of the affordability by households of solar technology.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	265551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Under EU law the Government is required to make changes to the reduced rate of VAT for the installation of certain energy saving materials.</p><p> </p><p>The changes have been made to comply with European VAT rules while maintaining as much of the relief as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The VAT treatment of the majority of solar panel installations is expected to be unaffected by the changes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/06/2019 11:06:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1129082

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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, for what reason the Government plans to increase VAT on domestic solar panels and batteries from 5 per cent to 20 per cent in Autumn 2019.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	258958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently amending VAT rules regarding the installation of certain energy saving materials in order to comply with a ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union while maintaining as much of the relief as possible. The VAT treatment of the vast majority of solar panel installations is expected to be unaffected by the changes.</p><p> </p><p>Under UK law, battery storage systems have always been subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2019 14:42:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1129132

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on planned future VAT increases on solar panel installations.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	259405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Solar PV is a UK success story, with rapid deployment over the last 8 years, over 99% of the UK’s solar PV capacity has been deployed since May 2010. We are already exceeding our 2020 projections today, with over 13GW of solar capacity installed in the UK, enough to power over 3 million homes.</p><p> </p><p>I regularly discuss a range of issues with my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer. HM Treasury’s proposed changes reflect the strong result we negotiated on behalf of industry; solar installations should be largely unaffected where material costs make up less than 60% of total installation costs.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 06/06/2019 13:20:20 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1129133

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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 keep VAT to five per cent on new solar panel installations.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	259470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>To comply with a ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Government is required to make changes to the reduced rate of VAT for the installation of certain energy saving materials.</p><p> </p><p>The changes have been made to comply with the ruling, whilst maintaining as much of the relief as possible. The VAT treatment of the vast majority of solar panel installations is expected to be unaffected by the changes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/06/2019 09:34:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1123854

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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, whether it it his policy to charge VAT at five per cent on retrofit battery systems for solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	249357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Under UK law, VAT is charged at the standard rate on retrofit battery systems for solar panels.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/05/2019 13:26:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

606736

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reduce VAT on the purchase of new solar panels as part of home renovations once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	49611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>While all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to reduce the rate of VAT applied to sales of solar panels.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/10/2016 11:17:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

520736

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Government plans to publish its response to the December 2015 HM Revenue and Customs' consultation on increasing VAT for domestic solar.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	38025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK has applied a reduced rate on 11 different types of energy saving materials since 2001. That remains in place and remains unchanged.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are currently considering the responses to their consultation on energy saving materials and they will respond in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 16:13:22 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

511286

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs plans to drop proposals currently under consultation to increase VAT on solar in response to the EU VAT action plan published on 7 April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	33510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The reduced VAT rate for solar products remains unchanged and in place.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/04/2016 16:41:36 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

454070

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether a five per cent VAT rate could continue to apply to solar PV and solar thermal within the terms of the EU's VAT directive and the judgment of the European Court of Justice on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	28166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government has recently consulted on this matter, the results of which will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/02/2016 11:50:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

451257

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) HM Revenue and Customs on proposals to increase VAT rates on solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	26285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>I have had no discussions with my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer or HM Revenue and Customs on the proposals to amend the application of VAT to energy saving materials. The changes stem from a legal judgement in the European Court which found that the reduced rate of VAT on energy saving products had been applied too widely. As part of the amendments, HMRC recently consulted on removing solar panels from the list of measures eligible for the reduce rate of VAT. They are currently considering the responses to that consultation.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/02/2016 15:26:57 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle