Question follow-through · 6308
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the potential merits of introducing VAT on private schools (a) during the academic year and (b) at the start of the new academic year.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the potential merits of introducing VAT on private schools (a) during the academic year and (b) at the start of the new academic year.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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14 Oct 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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