Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 101952

Private Education: Finance

Tabled: 2 January 2026

Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing (a) vouchers and (b) tax rebates to parents who send children to independent schools of a value less than the cost to the public purse per y

Answer

Olivia Bailey

The department does not hold this information. Decisions on private school fees are for private schools to make as private businesses. Matters of taxation are for HMRC.