Something else that appears to be "below the line":
Strategic Defence Review: school fees withdrawn from Army Families - Telegraph
The review commits the Ministry of Defence to saving £300 million-a-year from allowances to servicemen and women and civilian staff.
Sources suggested that this would result in significant cuts to the Continuity of Education Allowance, under which children from Forces families can attend independent schools.
Last year, the MoD spent £172.8 million on the allowance, which was claimed by around 6,000 service personnel.
Although some Labour MPs describe the fund as an officers’ perk, the scheme is in fact available to levels of the Armed Forces. Last year nearly 2,500 claimants were below officer ranks.
The allowance enables allows youngsters to remain at the same school in the United Kingdom while their forces parents are being sent to different postings around the world.
A small number of civilian workers employed by the Ministry of Defence are also able to claim the money when they are posted overseas, at a cost to the taxpayer of around £1 million a year.
General Sir Richard Dannatt, the former Chief of the General Staff, has spoken in the past of his support for the scheme.
He said: “The freedom of choice and stability in the formative years of our children that this scheme offers are essential to the wellbeing of our Armed Forces.”