A Special Investigation Branch Report was served as evidence at Lt Col Jolleys' trial and was provided to his Defence team pre-trial.

It will take time to gather the further information and I will write to the hon. Member shortly.

A Special Investigation Branch Report was served as evidence at Lt Col Jolleys' trial and was provided to his Defence team pre-trial.

It will take time to gather the further information and I will write to the hon. Member shortly.

A Special Investigation Branch Report was served as evidence at Lt Col Jolleys' trial and was provided to his Defence team pre-trial.

It will take time to gather the further information and I will write to the hon. Member shortly.

The overarching principles of the Continuous Education Allowance (CEA) are accompanied service and educational continuity, i.e. the claimant must be accompanied by their immediate family at their duty station and a child must complete the stage of education at the school for which the allowance is claimed. CEA is available to all Service personnel irrespective of their rank or assignment location.

CEA was reviewed as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 following which improvements in governance achieved a reduction of costs by around £20 million per annum along with an associated reduction in the numbers of claimants both in the UK and overseas. Work continues to further reduce the cost of the allowance.

The table below shows the number of Service personnel who have received CEA since 2008 and where they were serving at the time of their claim.

* Number of claimants based on Joint Personnel Administration data relating to CEA payments made during the final term (i.e. Summer Term) of each Academic Year 2008/09 to 2014/15.

The table below shows the number of Service personnel, by rank who have received CEA since 2008.

* Number of claimants based on Joint Personnel Administration data relating to CEA payments made during the final term (i.e. Summer Term) of each Academic Year 2008/09 to 2014/15.

An explanation of the Nato Rank Code system is available at this link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/357724/tri_service_personnel_bulletin_2_01_2014.pdf#page=35

The overarching principles of the Continuous Education Allowance (CEA) are accompanied service and educational continuity, i.e. the claimant must be accompanied by their immediate family at their duty station and a child must complete the stage of education at the school for which the allowance is claimed. CEA is available to all Service personnel irrespective of their rank or assignment location.

CEA was reviewed as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 following which improvements in governance achieved a reduction of costs by around £20 million per annum along with an associated reduction in the numbers of claimants both in the UK and overseas. Work continues to further reduce the cost of the allowance.

The table below shows the number of Service personnel who have received CEA since 2008 and where they were serving at the time of their claim.

* Number of claimants based on Joint Personnel Administration data relating to CEA payments made during the final term (i.e. Summer Term) of each Academic Year 2008/09 to 2014/15.

The table below shows the number of Service personnel, by rank who have received CEA since 2008.

* Number of claimants based on Joint Personnel Administration data relating to CEA payments made during the final term (i.e. Summer Term) of each Academic Year 2008/09 to 2014/15.

An explanation of the Nato Rank Code system is available at this link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/357724/tri_service_personnel_bulletin_2_01_2014.pdf#page=35

The overarching principles of the Continuous Education Allowance (CEA) are accompanied service and educational continuity, i.e. the claimant must be accompanied by their immediate family at their duty station and a child must complete the stage of education at the school for which the allowance is claimed. CEA is available to all Service personnel irrespective of their rank or assignment location.

CEA was reviewed as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 following which improvements in governance achieved a reduction of costs by around £20 million per annum along with an associated reduction in the numbers of claimants both in the UK and overseas. Work continues to further reduce the cost of the allowance.

The table below shows the number of Service personnel who have received CEA since 2008 and where they were serving at the time of their claim.

* Number of claimants based on Joint Personnel Administration data relating to CEA payments made during the final term (i.e. Summer Term) of each Academic Year 2008/09 to 2014/15.

The table below shows the number of Service personnel, by rank who have received CEA since 2008.

* Number of claimants based on Joint Personnel Administration data relating to CEA payments made during the final term (i.e. Summer Term) of each Academic Year 2008/09 to 2014/15.

An explanation of the Nato Rank Code system is available at this link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/357724/tri_service_personnel_bulletin_2_01_2014.pdf#page=35

The total amount spent on Continuity of Education Allowance in independent schools in Scotland for financial year 2014-15 was £2,396,830 which has reduced from £3,647,810 for financial year 2008-09. 173 children were in receipt of Continuity of Education Allowance in Scottish schools for financial year 2014-15. The table below shows which five schools had the highest Continuity of Education Allowance spend in Scotland for that year.

In line with Departmental Policy, all figures of five or more have been rounded to the nearest five.

The Northern Ireland graduate fast track scheme is run by the Northern Ireland Civil Service. The Government does not hold information relating to the Northern Ireland fast track scheme.

The information requested in relation to school fees is provided in the table below. Information relating to individual schools could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Continuity of Education (CEA) allowance is provided to assist Service personnel to achieve continuity of education for their children that would otherwise be denied if their children accompanied them on frequent and consecutive assignments. These payments are made by the Ministry of Defence to individual Service personnel claimants, and not to the educational establishments/schools attended by the children to whom the claims relate.

The coalition Government reviewed this scheme as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review and in December 2010 made changes which have delivered savings of £20 million each year and an associated reduction in claimants compared to the cost of the scheme as inherited in 2010.

Spend by financial year on CEA including special educational needs supplement and payment of income tax liability.

We are determined to ensure that every child, regardless of background is given an education which allows them to realise their potential. That is why our reforms place high expectations at the heart of our school system, with a rigorous new curriculum, world class exams and a new accountability system which rewards those schools that encourage every child to achieve their best. In addition, with the new Education and Adoption Bill, we will speed up the process for tackling failing schools and extend our powers into coasting schools. With these measures, we want all schools to be good or outstanding, certainly as good as the best in the independent sector.

Meeting the independent school standards is a condition of continued registration for independent schools. All of them are inspected on a regular cycle. If a school does not meet the required standards, the Department for Education takes appropriate regulatory action to ensure that the situation is rectified in the shortest possible time, or the school is closed.

The department has underpinned this approach by commencing the relevant provisions of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (‘the Act’), so that the role of the three independent inspectorates, and Ofsted’s role in quality assurance of those inspectorates, is put on a statutory footing. In accordance with the Act, the independent school standards were revised and strengthened from January 2015, introducing a new leadership and management standard. These changes form part of the reform programme outlined by Lord Nash in his letter of 28 March 2014 to the Chair of the Select Committee.

From 5 January 2015, the independent school standards require that schools check both existing and new teaching staff to determine whether a prohibition order or interim prohibition made by the Secretary of State exists for any member of their teaching staff.

The checks are only retrospective in the sense that schools must confirm that existing staff, as well as new appointments, are not subject to a prohibition order. The prohibition order regime began in April 2012, and the standard does not distinguish between staff appointed before or after 5 January 2015, so existing staff should be checked too. We believe that this is entirely justified. The teacher standards which form the basis of the prohibition regime apply to independent schools, and it would be invidious if a school was able to continue employing a prohibited member of staff simply because he or she was appointed before 2015. When a school is inspected, it should be able to demonstrate that it has either completed these checks (which can be done through the National College’s Easy Access system) or is well on the way to completion. If a school cannot do so, regulatory action is likely to follow.

The Department for Education is in discussion with the Disclosure and Barring Service about ways in which schools can do this with the minimum additional burden, and it is hoped that a process will be in place soon. At present no barring directions have been made under the regulations made in 2014 under section 128 of the Education and Skills Act 2008.