Private Education: VAT
Commons · Question 4621 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is providing the Office for Budget Responsibility with input assumptions on (a) the price elasticity of demand for independent sector education and (b) the number of children likely to move to
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...