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<p>Members of the diplomatic service are expected to be widely deployable throughout
their career. Whilst many parents prefer to take their children with them abroad,
in some of the 168 countries and territories where the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(FCO) has UK-based staff, we do not permit staff to take their children either for
health or security reasons. However, frequent moves by staff and families between
the United Kingdom and overseas, and between Posts overseas, can be disruptive to
the education of the children. Therefore, the FCO provides Continuity of Education
Allowance (CEA). This enables staff who meet certain eligibility criteria to choose
to provide an uninterrupted education for their children at a British boarding school
in the United Kingdom while they continue to take up postings overseas at regular
intervals during their career. CEA is a long-standing FCO policy dating back in its
current form to 1996 that provides clearly defined and limited financial support to
staff to help maintain the continuity of their children's education.The FCO refunds
standard term fees up to a ceiling which is reviewed annually. Where staff opt to
send their children to more expensive schools, the difference in cost is met by the
individual member of staff.</p><p>The figures below represent the data for financial
year 2018/19. For context, we have set out the FCO's total spend on education for
children of staff posted overseas in PQ 752.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>School
</strong></p></td><td><p></p></td><td><p><strong>CEA Costs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eton</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£295,440.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charterhouse</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>£97,428.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rugby</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£119, 233.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£78,651.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>£163,345.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Pauls</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merchant Taylors</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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