Question follow-through · 36548
Food: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether food for people living at (a) school and (b) home will have VAT payable on it under the VAT guidance published in November 2024 by HMRC.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 7 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether food for people living at (a) school and (b) home will have VAT payable on it under the VAT guidance published in November 2024 by HMRC.
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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17 Mar 2025
Answer published
Since 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by private schools in the UK for a charge have been subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This also applies to boarding services provided by private schools. Since...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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