| Heading: |
Private Education: VAT |
| Question ID: |
1728005 |
| UIN: |
HL871 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3349 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Buscombe
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Baroness Buscombe
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial implications of the proposal to impose VAT on independent school fees on the parents of children supported by the Continuity of Education Allowance. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-19 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4559 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Livermore
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Livermore
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| Answer text: |
The Government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity, ensuring every child has access to high-quality education, which is why we have made the tough decision to end tax breaks for private schools. This will raise revenue for essential publ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |