Question follow-through · 8230

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of charging VAT on independent school fees on local authority costings to support displaced former private school children with special education needs.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
14 Oct 2024
Answer
18 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of charging VAT on independent school fees on local authority costings to support displaced former private school children with special education needs.

  2. 14 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    This government is committed to ending the VAT exemption that private schools enjoy and will confirm the introduction of these changes at the Budget on 30 October. The Office for Budget Responsibility will also certify the government’s costings for these ...

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