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Private Education: VAT

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 6832

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT on independent school fees on the number of staff in support roles in such schools.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

This government is committed to ending the VAT exemption that private schools enjoy and this tax policy change will be introduced at the Budget on 30 October. Following scrutiny of the government’s costing by the Independent Office for Budget Responsibility, details of the government’s assessment of the expected impacts of these policy changes will be published at the Budget in the usual way.

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