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Schools: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to increase the number of school places in Fylde before January 2025, in the context of the introduction of VAT on independent school fees.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
4 Nov 2024
Answer
7 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to increase the number of school places in Fylde before January 2025, in the context of the introduction of VAT on independent school fees.

  2. 4 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The department has already set out funding allocations for all schools in the current year. The removal for the school fees exemption to VAT does not change those allocations.The government has also set out that it expects the number of additional pupils ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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