Petition · past parliament · HM Treasury
Make school uniform VAT exempt
Closed
8,726 signatures
What the petition asks
Clothing for children aged 14 or older, or taller or larger than the average, is subject to a 20% VAT rate. This includes school uniforms. We are calling on the Government to abolish tax on school uniforms by scrapping VAT on all school-specific uniform items to bring down costs for families.
Each family would make significant savings in clothing their child in school uniform across the lifetime of their time at school, at what is a relatively limited cost to the taxpayer. The timing is now right too to abolish this tax, as Brexit has given the country new tax freedoms which the Government should take advantage of.
Timeline
| 14 Apr 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 Oct 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
8,726
Status
Closed
Department
HM Treasury
Opened
14 Apr 2022
Closed
28 Oct 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.