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Private Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to not charge VAT on independent schools.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
22 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to not charge VAT on independent schools.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity, ensuring every child has access to high-quality education, which is why we have made the tough decision to end tax breaks for private schools. This will raise revenue for essential publ...

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