Land: Sales
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost of introducing a zero rate of VAT on the sale of land intended for the construction of social housing.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson
The Government recently published a consultation on introducing a zero rate of VAT for the sale of land intended for the construction of social housing. The proposed policy is intended to simplify and accelerate the construction of social housing in line with the government’s wider strategy to increase housing supply and support the delivery of 1.5 million new homes over the course of this Parliament.
An indicative costing of £10 million per year for this proposed policy was provided in the consultation document.
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