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Private Education: Finance

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 101952

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing (a) vouchers and (b) tax rebates to parents who send children to independent schools of a value less than the cost to the public purse per y

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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