Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of levying VAT on independent school fees on the schools listed in the Music and Dance Scheme in England and the schools supported by the Scottish Government's Aided Places Scheme.

Where parents or families are paying fees for their child to attend a private school, they will pay VAT on those fees following this change.

Whilst developing these policies, the government has carefully considered the impact that they will have on pupils and their families across both the state and private sector, as well as the impact they will have on state and private schools. Following scrutiny by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), details of the Government’s assessment of the expected impacts of these policy changes will be published at the Budget on 30 October in the usual way.