Armed Forces: Private Education
(asked on 11th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum level of Continuity of Education Allowance payments provided by his Department were for (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils in the UK in 2022-23.
Rates of all variants of Continuation of Education Allowance (CEA) are published in the annual Chief Defence Personnel Armed Forces Remuneration Directed Letter "Rates of Entitlement for Allowances for Service Personnel", and can be found in JSP 752, Chapter 3. This information was last updated in July 2023 and is in the public domain at the following gov.uk link:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1167569/20230701-JSP_752_v55_Jul_23.pdf
The Maximum Payable Education Allowances Rates per child for 2022-23 are shown below:
Education Allowance | From 1 August 2022 Maximum payable per child |
CEA (Board) - Senior | £8,047 per term |
CEA (Board) - Junior | £6,380 per term |
CEA SENA SP | £12,023 per term |
CEA (Day) - Senior | £4,835 per term |
CEA (Day) - Junior | £3,614 per term |
CEA SENA (Day) | £7,719 per term |
CEA (Guardians) | £10.00 per day |
Day School Allowance (North Wales) | £6,255 per term |