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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, and frequent moves by staff and families between the UK
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. We are unable to provide
the diplomatic service title for each claimant in order to protect their identity.
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></p></td><td><p></p></td><td><p>NUMBER
OF OFFICERS PER GRADE</p></td><td><p></p></td><td><p></p></td><td><p></p></td><td><p></p></td><td><p></p></td><td><p></p></td><td><p></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>School
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of children</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>A2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>B3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>C4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>C5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>D6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>D7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SMS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
costs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ampleforth</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1*</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>129,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fettes</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>97,949</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gordonstoun</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1*</p></td><td><p>152,656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marlborough</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>64,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings
Canterbury</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1*</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>123,642</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>56,241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonbridge</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1*</p></td><td><p>64,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stowe</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>195,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benendon</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>97,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clifton</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>982,002</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>*officer has 2 children at the school</p>
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