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<br /><br /><p>The overarching principles of the Continuous Education Allowance (CEA)
are accompanied service and educational continuity, i.e. the claimant must be accompanied
by their immediate family at their duty station and a child must complete the stage
of education at the school for which the allowance is claimed. CEA is available to
all Service personnel irrespective of their rank or assignment location.</p><br /><p>CEA
was reviewed as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 following which
improvements in governance achieved a reduction of costs by around £20 million per
annum along with an associated reduction in the numbers of claimants both in the UK
and overseas. Work continues to further reduce the cost of the allowance.</p><br /><p>The
table below shows the number of Service personnel who have received CEA since 2008
and where they were serving at the time of their claim.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Academic</strong>
<strong>Year</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total Claimants*</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Overseas</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>5,080</p></td><td><p>4,256</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>824</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>5,203</p></td><td><p>4,377</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>826</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>5,135</p></td><td><p>4,356</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>4,588</p></td><td><p>3,820</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>3,858</p></td><td><p>3,232</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>3,409</p></td><td><p>2,824</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>3,201</p></td><td><p>2,602</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>599</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*
Number of claimants based on Joint Personnel Administration data relating to CEA payments
made during the final term (i.e. Summer Term) of each Academic Year 2008/09 to 2014/15.</p><br
/><p>The table below shows the number of Service personnel, by rank who have received
CEA since 2008.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Nato Rank</strong></p></td><td
colspan="7"><p><strong>Academic Year*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
Rank 2</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
Rank 3</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
Rank 4</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
Rank 6</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>569</p></td><td><p>568</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
Rank 7</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>531</p></td><td><p>461</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
Rank 8</p></td><td><p>361</p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
Rank 9</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer
1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer
2</p></td><td><p>552</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer
3</p></td><td><p>877</p></td><td><p>884</p></td><td><p>892</p></td><td><p>796</p></td><td><p>679</p></td><td><p>591</p></td><td><p>562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer
4</p></td><td><p>1,008</p></td><td><p>1,002</p></td><td><p>964</p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>743</p></td><td><p>679</p></td><td><p>628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer
5</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer
6</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer
7</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer
8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer
9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,080</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,203</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,135</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,588</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,858</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,409</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,201</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*
Number of claimants based on Joint Personnel Administration data relating to CEA payments
made during the final term (i.e. Summer Term) of each Academic Year 2008/09 to 2014/15.</p><p>An
explanation of the Nato Rank Code system is available at this link:</p><br /><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/357724/tri_service_personnel_bulletin_2_01_2014.pdf#page=35"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/357724/tri_service_personnel_bulletin_2_01_2014.pdf#page=35</a></p>
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