Electricity: VAT

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source
Questioner
Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
(Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the abolition of VAT on household electricity bills will be temporary.

Answered by
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
This question was answered on 8th September 2026

The Government’s recent announcement to cut VAT on electricity bills applies and is funded from 1st October 2026 to 31st March 2027.

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