PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education (23 July 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in his Department are currently eligible to have their children's school fees paid by his Department.

Asked by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)

In 2023/24, 341 FCDO staff were in receipt of Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) funding for their children to attend a UK boarding school. 699 FCDO staff based overseas with children were attending an overseas school funded by the FCDO. The FCDO Headcount of UK based staff at 31/3/23 was 7,601 staff.

Answered by:
Catherine West (Labour)
30 July 2024