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Private Education: VAT

Question for Treasury

UIN HL2470, tabled on 12 November 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government how much revenue they expect to raise by imposing VAT on independent school fees; and how they have calculated that estimate.

Answered on

21 November 2024

Applying VAT to private school fees will raise £1.7 billion a year by 2029/30, rising from £1.5 billion in the first full year of the policy.

The Government published the policy costing for this change at the Budget, including setting out the assumptions and methodology.

The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has certified the costing, including the assumptions and methodology.

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