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Question follow-through · 52040

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the change in the VAT status of private school fees was introduced during the school year.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the change in the VAT status of private school fees was introduced during the school year.

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    Tax policy is a matter for HM Treasury.As set out in the government response to the technical note on applying VAT to private school fees, the government believes it was right to introduce these changes as soon as possible in order to raise the funding ne...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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