Armed Forces: Private Education
Commons · Question 21581 · Tabled 3 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the uplift in Continuity of Education allowance for costs associated with VAT on independent school fees.
Answer
Answered by Al Carns, 13 Jan 2025
Following the budget statement by the Chancellor on 30 October 2024, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) confirmed it would carry out an in-year re-rating of the continuity of education allowance (CEA), which is a contribution towards boarding education. The me...