Defence Committe inquiry references submissions by SCiP Alliance and partners and highlights concerns that "the mobile lifestyle expected of Service personnel may disadvantage their children".
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There is evidence that children from Service families are disadvantaged in accessing higher education compared to the general population: this is unacceptable.
The Alliance and many partners gave evidence to the Defence Committee inquiry, whose report is published today.
The committee recommends a collaborative focus on data:
We agree with the recommendations made by the SCiP Alliance that a coherent Government approach should be developed to track the number and location of Service children across the UK and internationally which can be shared with researchers seeking to understand the causal relationship between the mobility of Service life and the effect on educational attainment.
