Further Education: VAT
Commons · Question 699 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 20 May 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the total annual VAT payments by further education colleges in England.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 20 May 2026
Education services supplied by an “eligible body” are exempt from VAT. For VAT purposes, an “eligible body” broadly refers to most regulated, publicly funded, or not-for-profit education providers. This means no VAT is charged on supplies of education mad...