To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of not returning VAT costs of sixth form colleges on competition in the market for education provision for 16 to 19 year olds.
Answered on
27 November 2014
All 16-19 providers are funded on an equal basis in relation to the students that they recruit but the Department for Education does not factor into funding the costs of the different legal and corporate status of 16-19 providers. The Department has not looked specifically at the impact of not paying VAT on competition in the market.
Answered by
Department for Education
Named day
Named day questions only occur in the House of Commons. The MP tabling the question specifies the date on which they should receive an answer. MPs may not table more than five named day questions on a single day.