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No answer on school funding for Royal Fleet Auxiliary
A United Kingdom parliamentary response left unresolved whether families of Royal Fleet Auxiliary civilian seafarers will gain access to school-related support comparable to benefits available to certain armed-forces families. The issue concerns programs such as the Service Pupil Premium and childcare assistance, for which RFA personnel are not automatically eligible on the same terms as uniformed service members. Ministers referred to existing employment and welfare measures but did not announce an extension of the requested education support. The RFA operates the replenishment and auxiliary vessels needed to sustain Royal Navy deployments, making family-support arrangements relevant to its recruitment and retention.