Question follow-through · 30167
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT for private school fees on levels of demand for state school places; and what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 20 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT for private school fees on levels of demand for state school places; and what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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20 Feb 2025
Answer published
The department has made no estimate of the number of pupils in individual local authority areas who will leave the independent school system as a result of VAT on school fees. With regard to England, the government predicts that in the long-term steady st...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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