| Heading: |
Private Education: VAT |
| Question ID: |
1786102 |
| UIN: |
HL5945 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5379 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Young of Acton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Young of Acton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
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. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
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| Is holding answer: |
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: |
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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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |