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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Electronic Publishing: VAT more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of zero-rating VAT on digital publications on the literacy of (a) young boys and (b) children on free schools meals who prefer to read on screen. more like this
tabling member constituency Livingston more like this
tabling member printed
Hannah Bardell remove filter
uin 285367 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-09-05more like thismore than 2019-09-05
answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including VAT.</p><p> </p><p>Any amendments to the VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and e-publications must be carefully assessed against policy, economic and fiscal considerations. Any representations on this issue will be considered as part of the fiscal events process.</p><p> </p><p>The impact on literacy of any reduction of VAT on e-publications is likely to depend on commercial decisions about the extent to which any tax saving would lead to price reductions for consumers, and any associated behavioural changes.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire more like this
answering member printed Jesse Norman more like this
grouped question UIN 285366 remove filter
question first answered
less than 2019-09-05T14:25:16.26Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-05T14:25:16.26Z
answering member
3991
label Biography information for Jesse Norman more like this
tabling member
4486
label Biography information for Hannah Bardell more like this