Question follow-through · 118609

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Exchequer raised from the introduction of VAT to private school fees between 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
6 Mar 2026
Target answer date
10 Mar 2026
Answer
16 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Exchequer raised from the introduction of VAT to private school fees between 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.

  2. 10 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    At Autumn Budget 2024, the revenue from applying the standard rate of VAT to education and boarding services provided by private schools from 1 January 2025 was estimated at £460 million in 2024-25 and £1,505 million in 2025-26, rising to £1,725 million i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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