Julie Cooper – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what impact assessment her Department has conducted of the proposed increase in the rate of VAT for solar and other renewables to 20 per cent.

Andrea Leadsom

This is a measure led by HMRC and currently only a proposal being consulted on. If following consultation this change is introduced, we will carefully consider its impact.