Question follow-through · 7653

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children who eave the independent sector in areas with no state school availability are safeguarded.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
14 Oct 2024
Answer
17 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children who eave the independent sector in areas with no state school availability are safeguarded.

  2. 14 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    This government is committed to ending the VAT exemption that private schools enjoy. Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies indicates that the number of pupils who may switch schools as a result of this change is likely to represent a very small pro...

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