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Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support students with special educational needs who have left independent schools in Surrey Heath constituency following the application of VAT to private school fees.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
3 Jan 2025
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
29 Jan 2025 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support students with special educational needs who have left independent schools in Surrey Heath constituency following the application of VAT to private school fees.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and ensuring every child has access to high-quality education. The government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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