Tourism tax consultation

15 March 2022

Dear

ATISN 16081 – Tourism tax consultation

Thank you for your request which I received on 14 February 2022. You asked:

I understand the Welsh Government plans to launch a consultation on tourism tax later this year. Please can you tell me the following:-

1) How much the consultation is expected to cost?

2) How a tourism tax would be collected? (by a local authority, by the government etc)

Our response

The information you require is not held by the Welsh Government at the time of your enquiry. The design, scale and scope of the consultation is still in development and therefore it is too early to attribute costings to the consultation exercise. There has been no specific budget allocated towards the consultation.

The policy is still in development and therefore it has not yet been decided how the tourism tax will be collected. Therefore, the information you have requested is not held by Welsh Government at the time of your enquiry. The consultation exercise later this year will explore key design questions which will help inform how a tourism tax would be administered.

Next steps

If you are dissatisfied with the Welsh Government’s handling of your request, you can ask for an internal review within 40 working days of the date of this response. Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Welsh Government’s Freedom of Information Officer at:

Information Rights Unit
Welsh Government
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ 

Or e-mail: Freedom.ofinformation@gov.wales

Please remember to quote the ATISN reference number above.   

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: 

Information Commissioner’s Office 
Wycliffe House 
Water Lane 
Wilmslow 
Cheshire 
SK9 5AF 

Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.org.uk  

However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.

Yours sincerely