Written questions

Private Education: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 4422 · Tabled 5 Sep 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Joy Morrissey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will take steps to support children who receive bursaries and scholarships at independent schools who are adversely affected by the introduction of VAT on such schools.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 12 Sep 2024

The department is not expecting these changes to have a significant effect on bursaries across the private school sector as a whole. The department expects that charitable schools across the UK will want to continue to demonstrate wider public benefit thr...