Question follow-through · 4099
Private Education: Fees and Charges
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will ensure that revenues generated by VAT on independent school fees are passed on proportionally to devolved Administrations in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will ensure that revenues generated by VAT on independent school fees are passed on proportionally to devolved Administrations in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2024
Answer published
On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to boardin...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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