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Visitor Levy

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 24 January 2025UIN 24302

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a transient visitor levy on the UK visitor economy.

Answered by Chris Bryant

Tax policy is a matter for HM Treasury and there are no plans to introduce a visitor levy in England. Levies either have been or are being introduced in Scotland, Wales and some English cities and DCMS continues to monitor their impact on the visitor economy.

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