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Private Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the capacity of state schools to accommodate a potential increase in students transferring from private schools; and whether students transferring from private schools in rural a
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 6 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 15 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the capacity of state schools to accommodate a potential increase in students transferring from private schools; and whether students transferring from private schools in rural a
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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15 Nov 2024
Answer published
The government predicts that 35,000 pupils will move into UK state schools in the long-term steady state following the removal of the VAT exemption to school fees. The government expects approximately 2,900 pupils will move into state schools in England f...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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