Written questions

Private Education: Business Rates and VAT

Commons · Question 4622 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has received representations over the timing of her Department's consultation on Applying VAT to Private School Fees and Removing the Business Rates Charitable Rates Relief for Private Schools.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 17 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...