Summary
CHILDREN do not join the armed forces, but some are born into them. Many of those spend their young lives on the move. They have no choice but to follow wherever their father or, increasingly, mother is posted and try to settle into a new school, make new friends and pick up the threads of their lives.
The Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA), which allows service families to claim up to pound(s)5,833 a child per term for boarding fees, was introduced in response to the problem of military personnel being sent somewhere with no suitable schools and in recognition of the academic disruption caused by too many moves, particularly as children got older. The scheme now costs pound(s)180 million a year and it is right, at a time when every government department is expected to make savings of 20%, that it is subjected to rigorous review.See the full content of this document
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Forces Children Should Not Be Disadvantaged
Although theoretically available to all ranks, because families must contr...
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