Written questions

Private Education: VAT

Commons · Question 7734 · Tabled 8 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of introducing VAT on independent schools on the arts sector.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 15 Oct 2024

This government is committed to ending the VAT exemption that private schools enjoy and will confirm the introduction of these changes at the Budget on 30 October. Following scrutiny of the government’s costing by the independent Office for Budget Respons...