Academies

(asked on 18th March 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225406, what estimate she has made of the value of the VAT reimbursed to new (a) academies, (b) free schools and (c) university technical colleges created since 2010.


Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 23rd March 2015

The Department for Education does not hold data on the value of the VAT reimbursed to new academies, free schools and university technical colleges, and has not made an estimate.

All new academies, free schools and university technical colleges are entitled to reimbursement of VAT incurred on their non-business expenditure, under section 22B of the VAT Act 1994. The numbers of each education body created in each year (and which are still open) since 2010 are:

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/2015 (up to 1 March 2015)

(a) academies including 16-19 academies

895

920

1059

927

579

(b) free schools

0

23

56

94

82

(c) university technical colleges

1

1

3

12

13

In addition, one new maintained school for 16 to 19 year old students opened in 2010/11 and is entitled to reimbursement of VAT.

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