Question follow-through · 9625

Further Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reimburse VAT to colleges.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reimburse VAT to colleges.

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Government strongly supports the work colleges do to enable people to gain the skills they need to thrive in the modern labour market. Maintained schools who are funded by local authorities are able to recover their VAT through the s33 VAT refund sche...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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