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Under current VAT rules, the installation of water and wind turbines is subject to the standard rate of VAT. However, the installation of other energy saving materials (ESMs) remains subject to the reduced rate of VAT when certain conditions are met.<\/p>

Although there are no plans to extend the scope of the relief already in place, the Government keeps all taxes under review.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-09-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "78744"} , {"_value" : "78745"} , {"_value" : "78899"} , {"_value" : "78900"} , {"_value" : "78901"} , {"_value" : "78902"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-09-01T10:31:24.893Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-07-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Heat Pumps: VAT"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to ground source heat pumps installed in dwellings and buildings used for a residential purpose.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4504", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Wes Streeting"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ilford North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Wes Streeting"} ], "uin" : "78743"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227387", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227387/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Under current VAT rules, the installation of water and wind turbines is subject to the standard rate of VAT. However, the installation of other energy saving materials (ESMs) remains subject to the reduced rate of VAT when certain conditions are met.<\/p>

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Under current VAT rules, the installation of water and wind turbines is subject to the standard rate of VAT. However, the installation of other energy saving materials (ESMs) remains subject to the reduced rate of VAT when certain conditions are met.<\/p>

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There are no current plans to change the rate of VAT applied to:<\/p>

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- Magazines<\/p>

- Renovating a dwelling that has been empty for at least two years<\/p>

- Smoking cessation products<\/p>

- Installation of mobility aids for the elderly for use in domestic accommodation<\/p>

- Supplies of magnetic tape adapted for recording speech for blind people<\/p>

- Motorcycle helmets that meet safety standards<\/p>

- Cycle helmets marked CE<\/p>

- Maps and charts<\/p>

- Printed music<\/p>

- Newspapers<\/p>

- Books<\/p>

- Food of a kind used for human consumption<\/p>

- Children\u2019s clothes<\/p>

- Children\u2019s shoes<\/p>

- Clothes for babies<\/p>

- Equipment for blind or partially sighted people<\/p>

- Incontinence products<\/p>

- Low Vision aids<\/p>

- Emptying domestic septic tanks and cesspools<\/p>

- Water supplied to households.<\/p>

There are limits to the changes the Government can make to the VAT treatment of these goods under the framework of European law. While the UK is in the transition period, all existing EU VAT rules will continue to apply. Although all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to change these reliefs at this time.<\/p>

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Under current VAT rules, the installation of oil-fired boilers as part of grant-funded energy efficiency schemes in the homes of people in receipt of War Disablement Pension is subject to the reduced rate of VAT. The Government has no plans to change this VAT treatment at this time.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-09-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-09-07T16:09:53.477Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-07-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Boilers: VAT"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to the installation of oil-fired boilers as part of grant-funded energy efficiency schemes in the homes of people in receipt of War Disablement Pension.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4504", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Wes Streeting"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ilford North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Wes Streeting"} ], "uin" : "78748"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227408", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227408/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

At Spring Budget on 11 March 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that a zero rate of VAT will apply to women\u2019s sanitary products from 1 January 2021, at the end of the transition period.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-09-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-09-07T15:55:11.573Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-07-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Sanitary Products: VAT"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to tampons.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4504", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Wes Streeting"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ilford North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Wes Streeting"} ], "uin" : "78749"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227409", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1227409/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

There are no current plans to change the rate of VAT applied to:<\/p>

<\/p>

- Magazines<\/p>

- Renovating a dwelling that has been empty for at least two years<\/p>

- Smoking cessation products<\/p>

- Installation of mobility aids for the elderly for use in domestic accommodation<\/p>

- Supplies of magnetic tape adapted for recording speech for blind people<\/p>

- Motorcycle helmets that meet safety standards<\/p>

- Cycle helmets marked CE<\/p>

- Maps and charts<\/p>

- Printed music<\/p>

- Newspapers<\/p>

- Books<\/p>

- Food of a kind used for human consumption<\/p>

- Children\u2019s clothes<\/p>

- Children\u2019s shoes<\/p>

- Clothes for babies<\/p>

- Equipment for blind or partially sighted people<\/p>

- Incontinence products<\/p>

- Low Vision aids<\/p>

- Emptying domestic septic tanks and cesspools<\/p>

- Water supplied to households.<\/p>

There are limits to the changes the Government can make to the VAT treatment of these goods under the framework of European law. While the UK is in the transition period, all existing EU VAT rules will continue to apply. Although all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to change these reliefs at this time.<\/p>

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There are no current plans to change the rate of VAT applied to:<\/p>

<\/p>

- Magazines<\/p>

- Renovating a dwelling that has been empty for at least two years<\/p>

- Smoking cessation products<\/p>

- Installation of mobility aids for the elderly for use in domestic accommodation<\/p>

- Supplies of magnetic tape adapted for recording speech for blind people<\/p>

- Motorcycle helmets that meet safety standards<\/p>

- Cycle helmets marked CE<\/p>

- Maps and charts<\/p>

- Printed music<\/p>

- Newspapers<\/p>

- Books<\/p>

- Food of a kind used for human consumption<\/p>

- Children\u2019s clothes<\/p>

- Children\u2019s shoes<\/p>

- Clothes for babies<\/p>

- Equipment for blind or partially sighted people<\/p>

- Incontinence products<\/p>

- Low Vision aids<\/p>

- Emptying domestic septic tanks and cesspools<\/p>

- Water supplied to households.<\/p>

There are limits to the changes the Government can make to the VAT treatment of these goods under the framework of European law. While the UK is in the transition period, all existing EU VAT rules will continue to apply. Although all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to change these reliefs at this time.<\/p>

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There are no current plans to change the rate of VAT applied to:<\/p>

<\/p>

- Magazines<\/p>

- Renovating a dwelling that has been empty for at least two years<\/p>

- Smoking cessation products<\/p>

- Installation of mobility aids for the elderly for use in domestic accommodation<\/p>

- Supplies of magnetic tape adapted for recording speech for blind people<\/p>

- Motorcycle helmets that meet safety standards<\/p>

- Cycle helmets marked CE<\/p>

- Maps and charts<\/p>

- Printed music<\/p>

- Newspapers<\/p>

- Books<\/p>

- Food of a kind used for human consumption<\/p>

- Children\u2019s clothes<\/p>

- Children\u2019s shoes<\/p>

- Clothes for babies<\/p>

- Equipment for blind or partially sighted people<\/p>

- Incontinence products<\/p>

- Low Vision aids<\/p>

- Emptying domestic septic tanks and cesspools<\/p>

- Water supplied to households.<\/p>

There are limits to the changes the Government can make to the VAT treatment of these goods under the framework of European law. While the UK is in the transition period, all existing EU VAT rules will continue to apply. Although all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to change these reliefs at this time.<\/p>

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