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Private Education: VAT

Commons · Question 4196 · Tabled 4 Sep 2024 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an estimate of the maximum number of pupils that could move from independent to state schools for there to be a net increase in revenues to the Exchequer arising from her policy on levying VAT o

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 12 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...