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Private Education: Business Rates

Commons · Question 24509 · Tabled 16 Jan 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 22 Jan 2025

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Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024, to Question 17827 on Private Education: Business Rates, what estimate she has made of (a) how many independent schools will lose their 80 per cent charitable rate relief a

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 22 Jan 2025

As set out in the Government’s impact note, using Department for Education data the Government has identified 2,444 private schools in England, of which 1,139 are charities. Private schools that are wholly concerned with the training or welfare of disable...