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Private Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35073 on Private Education: VAT, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the additional independent school closures over the

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
18 Mar 2025
Answer
29 Mar 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35073 on Private Education: VAT, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the additional independent school closures over the

  2. 18 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    As made clear in the HM Treasury impact assessment, the introduction of VAT is anticipated to have extremely limited impact on the number of pupils in private schools. The department has not seen any evidence that contradicts the expectations set out in t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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