questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions her Department has held on the alteration of VAT to palliative care medicines supplied free of charge for children.
answerText: Under UK VAT law, some transactions where no money changes hands are treated as if a supply has been made – these are called deemed supplies. This is to keep the system fair if a business has reclaimed VAT on costs. Whether VAT applies to medicines or tre...
heading: Drugs: VAT