Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Minister of State for Education on the potential merits of exempting (a) colleges and (b) other further education organisations from VAT.

Many colleges and further education organisations qualify as eligible bodies so already benefit from a VAT exemption as their supplies of education are free from VAT. Whilst there are no plans to make changes to the VAT treatment of FE colleges, the Government does keep the tax system under constant review.