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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1677476/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Tax-free shopping continues to be available for all non-UK visitors who purchase items in store if they have them sent directly to their overseas address. This also applies to overseas shoppers who buy from British businesses online and have items delivered to their overseas address.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The independent Office of Budget Responsibility published their assessment of the withdrawal of the previous\u202fVAT-free shopping schemes in November 2020. At the time, this showed that the withdrawal of VAT-free shopping would raise a significant amount of revenue and have a limited effect on decisions to visit, or spend, in Great Britain.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The government is accepting representations from industry on VAT-free shopping and considering these, alongside broader data.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the retail and travel industries on the effect of the withdrawal of tax-free shopping for international visitors on those sectors.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3960", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Henry Smith"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1650480", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1650480/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government engaged with varied stakeholders and produced analysis on the cost of the VAT Retail Export Scheme (RES) before withdrawing it. Our analysis, which took increased tourist spending into account, found that introducing worldwide VAT-free shopping would come at a fiscal cost of £2 billion each year.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Furthermore, the OBR\u2019s assessment of the previous VAT RES shopping scheme showed that its withdrawal would have a limited behavioural effect on decisions to visit, or spend, in the UK.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Although there are no plans to re-introduce VAT RES, the Government keeps all taxes under review and welcomes representations to help inform future decisions on tax policy, as part of the tax policy making cycle and Budget process.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the fiscal impact on economy of the removal of tax-free shopping for overseas visitors in summer 2023.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1610547", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
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