Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education
(asked on 28th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to the Continuity of Education Allowance to fund places (a) Winchester College, (b) Eton College, (c) Rugby School, (d) Stowe School, (e) Ampleforth College, (f) Millfield School, (g) Charterhouse School, (h) Gordonstoun School, (i) The King’s School, Canterbury, and (j) Harrow School in 2020-21.
CEA is a long-standing policy run under previous administrations and there have been no recent changes. The FCDO allocated £1,386,900 for 50 children of FCDO staff on legacy FCO terms and conditions at these schools in 2020/2021. The details are in the table below.
FCDO staff on legacy DFID terms and conditions are not eligible for Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) although in some circumstances education is funded for children in the UK and overseas.
SCHOOL | TOTAL FOR 20/2021 | NUMBER OF CHILDREN |
STOWE | £205,774.00 | 6 |
WINCHESTER | £136,293.00 | 4 |
RUGBY | £148,718.00 | 5 |
ETON | £342,182.00 | 10 |
AMPLEFORTH | £146,773.00 | 5 |
MILLFIELD | £147,557.00 | 5 |
CHARTERHOUSE | £33,783.00 | 1 |
GORDONSTOUN | £91,460.00 | 3 |
JUNIOR KING'S CANTERBURY | £54,333.00 | 3 |
THE KINGS SCHOOL CANTERBURY | £227,584.00 | 8 |
HARROW | £0 | 0 |
TOTAL | £1,386,900 | 50 |