Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the sum likely to accrue to the public purse from (a) changing the tax status of and (b) ending the charitable status of independent schools.

No estimates of the sum likely to accrue to the public purse from changing the charitable tax status of independent schools have been made. Also, no estimate of ending the charitable status of independent schools have been made. Data held on charitable tax relief costs cannot be broken down into specific sectors.