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Armed Forces: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to monitor the potential impact of removing the VAT exemption on independent school fees on service families in receipt of the Continuity of Education Allowance.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
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

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to monitor the potential impact of removing the VAT exemption on independent school fees on service families in receipt of the Continuity of Education Allowance.

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Secretary of State has noted the contents of the HM Treasury Technical Note (Applying VAT to Private School Fees and Removing the Business Rates Charitable Rates Relief for Private Schools), which was recently the subject of public consultation. The M...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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