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Tourism: Taxation

Commons · Question 95728 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 9 Dec 2025

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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 ...