Question follow-through · 29755
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of applying VAT to private school fees on children attending extracurricular activities at private schools, despite not attending them.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 20 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of applying VAT to private school fees on children attending extracurricular activities at private schools, despite not attending them.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Feb 2025
Answer published
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has made no assessment of the impact of applying VAT to school fees on children who do not attend private schools but may utilise their facilities. The 20% standard rate of VAT applies to all edu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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