HC Deb 21 October 1968 vol 770 c205W
62. Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what grounds his Department pay members of the Diplomatic Service grants for children at public schools which are nearly double the amount of those paid to members of the armed forces.

Mr. Mulley

These allowances are based on the recommendations of the Plowden Committee on Representational Services Overseas which reported in 1964 and are paid for the reasons set out in that Report.