Written questions

Private Education: VAT

Commons · Question 2816 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether families in receipt of funding for attending a specialist school through the Music and Dance Scheme will be exempt from paying VAT on the remainder of those fees.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 9 Sep 2024

On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to boardin...