Treasury written question – answered at on 8 April 2010.
Angus MacNeil
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Scotland), Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer whether the aggregates levy applies to the construction of outside tracking and hard standings in wind farms when using materials excavated from (a) a borrow pit and (b) the foundations for turbine towers.
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Parliamentary Secretary, HM Treasury
The aggregates levy is a tax on the commercial exploitation of primary aggregates (sand, rock, gravel) in the UK. There is no specific relief for aggregates used in the construction of wind farms.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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