Question follow-through · 12534

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of VAT on private schools on children with special educational needs in Scotland.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
6 Nov 2024
Answer
15 Nov 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of VAT on private schools on children with special educational needs in Scotland.

  2. 6 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for UK wide VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private schoo...

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