Armed Forces: Private Education

(asked on 7th September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of Continuity of Education allowances for placements at (a) Eton College, (b) Winchester College, (c) Westminster School and (d) Millfield School in the last five years.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 22nd September 2022

The table below details the cost to the public purse of Continuity of Education allowances for placements at Eton College, Winchester College and Millfield School in the last five years.

No Continuation of Education Allowance values were recorded for Westminster School.

Tax Year

Eton College- Windsor

Millfield School- Street

Winchester College- Winchester

Grand Total

2017-18

£230,294.70

£607,592.36

£95,605.83

£933,492.89

2018-19

£184,591.80

£570,142.51

£60,924.60

£815,658.91

2019-20

£115,259.00

£617,390.25

£84,904.40

£817,553.65

2020-21

£182,416.42

£656,840.03

£101,204.60

£940,461.05

2021-22

£172,603.50

£665,306.84

£94,164.00

£932,074.34

Grand Total

£885,165.42

£3,117,271.99

£436,803.43

£4,439,240.84

Actual costed value between 01 April and 31 March each year. Adjusted for Retrospective Payments and Collection of Overpayments.

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