Question follow-through · 9235
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of pupils who have moved from independent schools to state schools since the introduction of VAT on independent school fees.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of pupils who have moved from independent schools to state schools since the introduction of VAT on independent school fees.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
School closure information is available via the register of schools, which is accessible at: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.The latest school census data, as at June 2026, reveals pupil numbers remain firmly within historical patterns...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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