Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 7921

Private Education: VAT

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 18 October 2024

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling the financial contributions of independent schools to state academies to be offset against VAT liability.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The department understands that, in line with schools’ charitable objectives, private schools do not typically charge for partnership work, meaning it is outside the scope of VAT. Whilst the government keeps all tax policy under review, there are currentl...

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