TRUSTPOLITICS
Written Question·Treasury·UIN 15782

Drugs: VAT

Tabled: 3 July 2026
Answered: 8 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to written statement HCWS177 published on 2 July 2026, whether the Government has assessed the compatibility of its proposed changes with the UK's international obligations relating to VAT.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
In response to an oral question on 23 June, I announced that the government will take forward a new approach on VAT on free-of-charge donations of medicines, consisting of either changes to the VAT rules or a reimbursement scheme. The Government is curren...
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