Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 6575

Private Education: VAT

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Claire Coutinho

ConservativeEast Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the implementation of VAT on independent school fees on (a) number of pupils requiring SEND services in the state education sector and (b) associated costs;

Answer

Stephen Morgan
Projections by the Institute for Fiscal Studies indicate that the number of pupils who may switch schools as a result of these changes is likely to represent a very small proportion of overall pupil numbers in the state sector, with any displacement expec...

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