| Heading: |
Private Education: VAT |
| Question ID: |
1727953 |
| UIN: |
HL868 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4171 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Black of Brentwood
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Black of Brentwood
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the proposal to impose VAT on independent school fees with the UK's obligations under Article 26(3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and what advice they h |
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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: |
On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to boardin... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |