Question follow-through · 52391
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential disruption to the education sector of introducing the VAT levy on independent school fees in the middle of the academic year.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 14 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential disruption to the education sector of introducing the VAT levy on independent school fees in the middle of the academic year.
16 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
The Government carefully considered the timing of implementation of VAT on private school fees and decided to apply VATfrom January 2025, in order to raise the funding needed to help deliver its education priorities. As a result of the January start date,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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