Question follow-through · 11615
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of imposing VAT on private school fees on the UK’s relations with European and international allies.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of imposing VAT on private school fees on the UK’s relations with European and international allies.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Nov 2024
Answer published
On 30th October, at Budget, the Government confirmed that, as of 1 January 2025, all education, boarding, and vocational training provided for a charge by a private school in the UK will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. Internationa...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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