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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Army: Private Education (7 October 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the army has been of teaching children in private schools in the UK and abroad in each year since 2010.

Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The total spend by the Department on Continuity of Education Allowance in the UK for Army personnel in each financial year since 2009-10 is shown below.

The Department also funds a range of education provisions overseas for Army personnel. However these are not all defined as 'private schools'. The cost of this is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Financial Year

Spend by Army (£million)

2009-10

62.745

2010-11

67.021

2011-12

67.669

2012-13

62.134

2013-14

57.595

2014-15

55.960

2015-16

54.887


Answered by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)
12 October 2016

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