Question follow-through · 65339
Private Education: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of independent schools closing in each (a) Council and (b) Mayoral Combined Authority in England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of independent schools closing in each (a) Council and (b) Mayoral Combined Authority in England.
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2025
Answer published
His Majesty’s Treasury published a tax information and impact note concerning the introduction of VAT on private school fees and school closures. That assessment can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/appl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Schools: Playing Fields
15 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for the disposal of school playing fields her Department has (a) approved and (b) rejected by (i) school and (ii) local authority since 4 July 2024.