HC Deb 20 May 1976 vol 911 c726W
Mr. Norman Lamont

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to increase educational allowances for the children of diplomats serving overseas.

Mr. Tomlinson

Revised levels will apply as from the current summer term.

Mr. Norman Lamont

asked the Secretary of Stae for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will list the occasions and the amounts by which educational allowances for the children of diplomats serving overseas have been increased in the last five years.

Mr. Tomlinson

The information requested is given in the following table attached below. The rates of boarding school allowance shown are for the academic year unless it is specified otherwise.

governing Foreign Service allowance. IRS, AIRS and entertainment allowance are adjusted at the same time as local allowance.