Written questions

Private Education: Business Rates and VAT

Commons · Question 6010 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy that bi-lingual schools will be exempt for paying (a) VAT and (b) business rates.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 14 Oct 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...