Written questions

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education

Commons · Question 7449 · Tabled 7 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 on Question 1266, what recent estimate he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT on private school fees on his Dep

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 17 Oct 2024

From 1 January 2025, VAT will be charged on private school fees at 20 percent. We have contacted the schools to ask how they intend to implement the introduction of VAT, but we do not yet have a full picture. Based on an assumption of how schools might ap...