Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the estimated cost to the state of educating children who have entered the state sector from independent schools since January.

HM Treasury published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) on applying VAT to independent school fees. The TIIN estimates that accounting for the spending implications of any pupil movement into the state sector, the policy will raise £1.7 billion per annum by 2029/30.