Question follow-through · 17179

Armed Forces: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to support armed forces personnel who do not receive Continuity of Educational Allowance with the increase in the cost of private school fees arising from the introduction of VAT on such fees.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 2 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 4 Dec 2024
Answer: 10 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to support armed forces personnel who do not receive Continuity of Educational Allowance with the increase in the cost of private school fees arising from the introduction of VAT on such fees.
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) provides Continuity of Education Allowance to Service Personnel to minimise the disruption to their children’s education caused by Service commitments involving frequent moves of the family home. Their circumstances must fit ...

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