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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether SEND schools will be exempt from proposed changes to charitable business rate relief.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Dec 2024
Answer
6 Dec 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether SEND schools will be exempt from proposed changes to charitable business rate relief.

  2. 6 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Local authorities will continue to fund places at independent special schools for pupils who need them due to their education, health and care (EHC) plan and will be able to reclaim VAT applied to fees.The Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Scho...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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