Written Question·Treasury·UIN 6309

Private Education: VAT

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Sir Oliver Dowden

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of pupils moving schools midway through the academic year as a result of the imposition of VAT on independent schools on (a) staff, (b) parents and (c) pupils.

Answer

James Murray

On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to boardin...

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