Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 13595

Armed Forces: Private Education

Tabled: 11 November 2024

Answered: 14 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of the Continuity of Education Allowance in the latest period for which data is available; and what recent estimate his Department has made of the impact of making independent

Answer

Al Carns

For Academic Year 2023-24, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) paid £88.6 million for Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) to support the education of 4,005 children for 2,666 Service personnel. Following the Budget statement by the Chancellor on 30 October,...

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