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Aviation: VAT

Commons · Question 14172 · Tabled 29 Jun 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of applying a zero rate of VAT to commercial pilot training undertaken in the UK by (a) British nationals, (b) overseas nationals and (c) all trainee co

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 2 Jul 2026

The Government has not made an estimate. I refer the Honourable Member to my answer of 23 April to the Honourable Member for Basildon and Billericay (UIN 128427), in which I stated that HMRC does not hold information on VAT revenue from pilot training, an...