Written Question·Treasury·UIN 948

Defibrillators: VAT

Tabled: 22 July 2024
Answered: 30 July 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from the sale of defibrillators; and if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the potential impa

Answer

James Murray
The Government currently provides VAT reliefs to aid the purchase of defibrillators. For example, when an AED is purchased with funds provided by a charity and then donated to an eligible body no VAT is charged.VAT is the UK’s second largest tax forecast ...
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