Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30167

Private Education: VAT

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 20 February 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT for private school fees on levels of demand for state school places; and what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The department has made no estimate of the number of pupils in individual local authority areas who will leave the independent school system as a result of VAT on school fees. With regard to England, the government predicts that in the long-term steady st...

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