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Lords - Debate - Main Chamber
Impact of VAT and other tax changes on independent schools
MP: Lord Lexden
Division Vote (Lords)
20 Jul 2026 - Social Housing Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Lexden (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 146 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 146
Division Vote (Lords)
20 Jul 2026 - Social Housing Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Lexden (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 145 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 162 Noes - 220
Division Vote (Lords)
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Lexden (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 149 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 178
Division Vote (Lords)
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Lexden (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 148 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 131
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Kenova

"My Lords, my noble friend Lord Caine and others have referred to the uncomfortable reading in this report. Can the Minister confirm unequivocally that the regime for handling agents is today utterly different from that which obtained when most of the events covered by the report took place?..."
Lord Lexden - View Speech

View all Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Kenova
Division Vote (Lords)
10 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Lexden (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 201 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 244 Noes - 220
Division Vote (Lords)
10 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Lexden (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 193 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 223
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Schools: Funding

"My Lords, how are the Government getting on with recruiting the 6,500 extra teachers for which their iniquitous, unprecedented education tax is designed to pay? Is it not the case that the total number of teachers is going down, not up?..."
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Written Question
Private Education: Finance
Friday 7th November 2025

Asked by: Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils at independent schools which are inspected by Ofsted have places that are fully funded by local authorities.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

According to the register of independent schools, there are around 30,000 pupils with identified special educational needs either with or without an education health and care plan attending independent schools inspected by Ofsted, out of a total school population of 9,032,426. This data is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics/2024-25.

The matter of fully funded placements in independent schools is governed by contractual agreements between the individual independent schools and the commissioning local authorities. As such, the department does not collect or hold data on the number of places in independent schools that are fully funded by local authorities.