Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 88291

Private Education: VAT

Tabled: 5 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Tom Tugendhat

ConservativeTonbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much revenue has been raised by the introduction of VAT on schools; and how much has been spent on student transfers from public to state schools in the same period.

Answer

Olivia Bailey
HM Treasury published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) on applying VAT to independent school fees, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/applying-vat-to-private-school-fees#who-is-likely-to-be...

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