Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent to date on defending the imposition of VAT on private school fees against legal challenge.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

It would not be appropriate for me to comment on any aspect of ongoing litigation, in part to avoid any risk of prejudicing those proceedings.

Ending the VAT exemption for private schools will raise £1.7bn per annum by 2029/30.

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will require social media platforms to remove content which is currently unlawful in Scotland under the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, but is not deemed unlawful in the rest of the United Kingdom.

Answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Online Safety Act 2023 requires providers to tackle illegal content. The Act defines relevant offences for the purposes of these duties. Unless designated as a priority offence, an offence created by an Act of the Scottish Parliament is not a relevant offence and the Online Safety Act does not require providers to take any action. Currently, no offences under the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 are priority offences. However, the list of priority offences includes hate crime and public order offences and providers must take action regardless of where a user is based in the UK.

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