Written questions

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education

Commons · Question 1265 · Tabled 23 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 30 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in his Department are currently eligible to have their children's school fees paid by his Department.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 30 Jul 2024

In 2023/24, 341 FCDO staff were in receipt of Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) funding for their children to attend a UK boarding school. 699 FCDO staff based overseas with children were attending an overseas school funded by the FCDO. The FCDO Hea...