Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with small private schools on the impact of national living wage increases and teaching pay awards on their financial sustainability.

Private school fees and finances are a matter for private schools, as private businesses. Schools decide for themselves how to manage their finances including, for example the additional cost of VAT, the impact of the national minimum wage and in relation to any pay award they may choose to make.