Private Education: Taxation
Commons · Question 101950 · Tabled 2 Jan 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the annual impact of one child attending an independent school on the public purse.
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 12 Jan 2026
The department does not hold this information. Decisions on private school fees are for private schools to make as private businesses. Matters of taxation are for HMRC.