Tim Farron – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-10-07.
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.
Harriett Baldwin
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 |
