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registered interest
date	24/01/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September to Question 284655 on Cayman Islands: Passenger Ships, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on coral reef and other seabed of the Cruise Berthing Facility Project in the Cayman Islands; and what steps he is taking to protect the marine environment of UK Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	7611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>​The Cruise Berthing Facility Project was raised during Lord Ahmad's visit to the Cayman Islands last year and the Governor maintains a regular dialogue with those on both sides of this debate. Environmental protection is an area of devolved responsibility in Overseas Territories. Cayman law requires that an environmental impact assessment be conducted before a development of this nature proceeds. An updated environmental impact <del class="ministerial">assessment</del> <ins class="ministerial">scoping document </ins>has been submitted to the Environmental Assessment Board for review; once this review is complete a period of public consultation will commence before a final report is issued. Under the Blue Belt programme, United Kingdom funding has been provided to support the Overseas Territories protect and manage their marine environments. The programme is currently on course to protect 4 million square kilometres of ocean around the UKOTs. Further funding was announced in August for FY 2020/21 to continue this important programme.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 03/02/2020 14:26:53 question first ministerially corrected 10/02/2020 10:21:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 4230 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1151132

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of continuity of education allowances for placements at (a) Fettes (b) Gordonstoun (c) Marlborough (d) King's Canterbury (e) Cheltenham (f) Tonbridge (g) Stowe (h) Benenden (i) Ampleforth and (j) Clifton private schools and colleges in 2018-19; how many there were at each school and college in that year; and what the (i) civil service grade and (ii) diplomatic service title was of each claimant.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	2951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <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> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/10/2019 16:53:23 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 1505 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1151134

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many diplomatic staff claimed Continuity of Education Allowance in 2018-19 for UK-based private school fees; how many of the claimants were at each pay grade; and what contribution his Department asked claimants to make towards those fees.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	2953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <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 UK 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.</p><p>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>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p><strong>Grade of Officers </strong></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>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​</p></td><td><p> </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>SMS1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SMS2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SMS3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><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> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Officers claiming CEA by Grade</strong></p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>42</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>62</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>338</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/10/2019 16:57:57 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 1503 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1150108

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent from the Continuity of Education Allowance on placements at (a) Eton, (b) Charterhouse, (c) Harrow, (d) Rugby, (e) Shrewsbury, (f) Westminster, (g) Winchester, (h) St Paul's and (i) Merchant Taylors schools in the last financial year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	1130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <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> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/10/2019 16:46:54 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 615 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock