Tourism: Taxation
Commons · Question 95728 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77537 on Hotels: Taxation, and with reference to the written statement of 25 November 2025 on Devolution and Growth, HCWS109
Answer
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 9 Dec 2025
The government keeps all tax policy under review. The government’s number one mission is to kickstart economic growth, and devolving fiscal powers is critical to achieving this.Introducing a visitor levy provides Mayors with a new lever to both raise and ...