英国政府花1千3百万英镑为外交官子女提供私校教育

UK spent £13m on private schooling for diplomats’ children
英国政府花1300万英镑为外交官子女提供私校教育


The Foreign Office spent £13.8m on sending 514 diplomats' children to private schools in the UK in 2022/23.
2022/23年度，英国外交部花费了1380万英镑将514名外交官子女送往英国私立学校。
It also allocated £24.1m to send 1,188 children to schools overseas.
外交部还拨款 2410 万英镑，用于1,188 名儿童的海外学校学费。
This is up from £10.5m spent on UK schools and £21.4m spent on overseas schools in the previous year.
这一数字高于去年英国学校支出 1050 万英镑和海外学校支出 2140 万英镑。
A government spokesperson said the increase reflects the inclusion of legacy International Development department and Foreign Office staff.
一位政府发言人表示，这一增长反映了国际发展部的加入，这是他们和外交部原有工作人员的合并开销。
The two departments - which had different terms and conditions for staff - were merged in 2020.
这两个部门的员工有不同的条款和条件，于 2020 年合并。
There is a long-standing policy to cover fees for children of diplomats who may be posted overseas at short notice, or take their children with them to countries where there is no suitable free English language based schooling.
为外交官的子女支付费用是英国的长期政策。外交官们可能会在短时间内被派往海外，或者带着他们的孩子去没有合适的免费英语学校的国家。