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Private Education: Taxation

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 101950

The question

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.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

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.

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