Rachel Reeves – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rachel Reeves on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department’s staff are in receipt of support for private school fees for children whose parents are stationed (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.

Sir Alan Duncan

The number of diplomatic officers stationed in the UK in receipt of school fees is 179. The number of diplomatic officers stationed overseas in receipt of school fees is 173. The FCO supports a further 1108 children who are stationed with their parents and educated locally.