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Question follow-through · 14487

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the policy paper entitled Applying VAT to private school fees, published on 30 October 2024, what the direct cost of pupils with SEND moving from private schools to state schools as a result o

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
15 Nov 2024
Target answer date
20 Nov 2024
Answer
20 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the policy paper entitled Applying VAT to private school fees, published on 30 October 2024, what the direct cost of pupils with SEND moving from private schools to state schools as a result o

  2. 20 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private school fees, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-f...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Growth and Skills Levy

19 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to allow firms to use up to 50% of the Growth And Skills Levy to fund non-apprenticeship training.

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Apprentices

19 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people starting apprenticeships in each year of this Parliament.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Apprenticeship Levy

19 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of apprenticeship levy funds were spent on Level 7 Appenticeships in each year since the creation of the levy.

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Private Education: Special Educational Needs

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 14487 on Private Education: Special Educational Needs, if she will publish the information that informed her Department's assessment of the potential impac

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Special Educational Needs: Costs

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the average cost of a child receiving SEND support in a state school.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Standards

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were (i) newly graded inadequate or (ii) received a second consecutive Requires Improvement by Ofsted in each year since 2010.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Apprentices

27 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) apprenticeship courses started and (b) apprenticeship levy spent were for (i) Level 6 and (ii) Level 7 apprenticeships in each year since 2016.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Standards

10 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people were working in the Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence team in (a) total, (b) the East of England, (c) the East Midlands, (d) the North West, (e) the North East, (f) the South Eas

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Faith Schools: Admissions

10 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish a response to the consultation on Faith school designation reforms.

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Academies

10 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools secured academy status in each year since 2010; and how many of these were in a multi-academy trust.

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Universities: China

16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of scholarships offered by the Chinese Government for universities in the UK on freedom of speech.

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Academies

18 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list each open sponsored academy with (a) its date of conversion to sponsored status, (b) its Unique Reference Number, and (c) the Unique Reference Number of its predecessor school.