HC Deb 26 January 1949 vol 460 cc915-6
36. Mrs. Manning

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that children of non-entitled parents are charged the fee of £23 6s. 8d. for elementary schooling in B.F.E.S. Schools; and if he is prepared to revise this figure for the current term and from now on.

Mr. McNeil

This charge is being made for the current term. The amount is already under review, and if it is found to be too high in relation to the costs incurred, it will be adjusted, as will the charges for future terms.

Mrs. Manning

As my right hon. Friend knows, these non-entitled parents were, in the first instance, included in an entitlement list and all the children are British children—very few in number—and is not the idea of charging £23 for elementary education fantastic?

Mr. McNeil

I am surprised to hear that they were first of all included in any list of non-entitled parents, and if my hon. Friend will let me have the information I shall be very glad indeed to look at the subject again.