Private Education: VAT

(asked on 18th March 2025) - View Source

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 Portrait
Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 25th March 2025

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.

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