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<p>The figures requested are attached and as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Number of Staff</p></td><td><p>Cost CEA Home</p></td><td><p>Cost CEA
Overseas</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>£8,736,957</p></td><td><p>£6,189,104</p></td><td><p>£14,926,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>£6,727,304</p></td><td><p>£6,435,519</p></td><td><p>£13,162,823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>£7,193,211</p></td><td><p>£5,749,923</p></td><td><p>£12,943,134</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>It is a condition of their employment that members of the diplomatic service
must be prepared to serve anywhere in the world at any time during their career, sometimes
at very short notice. Those with children have a legal obligation as parents to ensure
that their children receive a full-time education from the age of five years. Most
parents prefer to take their children with them abroad, but in some of the 168 countries
where the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has UK based staff, we do not permit
staff to take their children for health or security reasons. In others, local schools
of an acceptable standard are not available. It is longstanding practice that the
FCO helps staff by providing financial support for their children's education in the
UK where staff choose this, or are obliged to do so given local conditions in the
country to which they are posted.</p>
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