Department for International Development: Private Education

(asked on 2nd March 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 24 January 2013 to Question 139167, how many staff in her Department were in receipt of Continuity of Education Allowance in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and what the cost to her Department was of providing that allowance for staff based (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas in each such year.


Answered by
Nick Hurd Portrait
Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 7th March 2016

The amount spent on Education Allowance by DFID and the number of HCS staff who have benefited from education continuity payments is provided in the table below.

Year

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

Total Number of Employees

43

41

46

Employees in UK

£32,165.55

£8,178.80

£9,337.45

Employees Overseas

£995,609.04

£995,852.61

£1,042,819.56

Cost

£1,027,774.59

£1,004,031.41

£1,052,157.01

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