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Aviation: VAT

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 2 July 2026UIN 14172

The question

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 commercial pilots combined.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

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, and that the Government has no plans to change policy in this area.

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