Question follow-through · 7449
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 on Question 1266, what recent estimate he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT on private school fees on his Dep
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 7 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 on Question 1266, what recent estimate he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT on private school fees on his Dep
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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17 Oct 2024
Answer published
From 1 January 2025, VAT will be charged on private school fees at 20 percent. We have contacted the schools to ask how they intend to implement the introduction of VAT, but we do not yet have a full picture. Based on an assumption of how schools might ap...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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