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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education

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.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
23 Jul 2024
Target answer date
30 Jul 2024
Answer
30 Jul 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 30 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    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 Hea...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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