Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 101950

Private Education: Taxation

Tabled: 2 January 2026

Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the annual impact of one child attending an independent school on the public purse.

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.