{"value":{"id":1720006,"askingMemberId":1744,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-05-22T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-06-06T00:00:00","uin":"HL4884","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the negative impacts that the removal of tax-free shopping from the UK has had and will have for retail businesses across all sectors.","answeringBodyId":14,"answeringBodyName":"Treasury","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4580,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-05-24T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>As set out at Spring Budget 2024, the government is considering the findings of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s review of the original costing of the withdrawal of tax-free shopping, published in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook on 6 March, alongside industry representations and broader data.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Tourism: VAT","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1720006","method":"GET"}]}