Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 76110

Private Education: VAT

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 2 October 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of changes to the VAT status of independent schools on the number of children enrolled in state schools in September 2025.

Answer

Olivia Bailey
HM Treasury published a Tax Information and Impact Note on applying VAT to independent school fees, which includes the government’s estimates of the number of pupils expected to enter the state sector as a result of this policy. This is available here: ht...

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