Armed Forces: Private Education
(asked on 21st October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving military officers of each rank used the Continuity of Education Allowance for pay for UK-based school fees in the last 12 months for which data is available.
1,730 military officers claimed Continuity of Education Allowance for UK based schools during the period 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019 inclusive.
The breakdown by rank is detailed below:
UK military and NATO equivalent officer ranks | No of Claimants |
Sub Lieutenant (RN)/Lieutenant (A)/Flying Officer/OF1 | 10 |
Lieutenant (RN)/Captain (A)/Flight Lieutenant/OF2 | 300 |
Lieutenant Commander/Major/Squadron Leader/OF3 | 460 |
Commander/Lieutenant Colonel/Wing Commander/OF4 | 570 |
Captain (RN)/Colonel/Group Captain/OF5 | 260 |
Commodore/Brigadier/Air Commodore/OF6 | 100 |
Rear Admiral/Major General/Air Vice-Marshal/OF7 | 20 |
Vice Admiral/Lieutenant General/Air Marshal/OF8 | 10 |
Total | 1,730 |
In line with Defence Statistic Policy all figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.