§ 54. Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many children of diplomats have their school fees paid from public funds; and what is the age range of the children involved.
§ Mr. TomlinsonAllowances to help meet the cost of education at boarding schools in the United Kingdom are at present being paid for 1,805 children of diplomatic service staff. Payment can be authorised from the age at which children are accepted for boarding education—usually between 7 and 8—and must cease after the term in which a child reaches the age of 19.
At posts overseas where no suitable State education is available for diplomatic service children but where suitable fee-paying day schools exist, payment of fees to these schools can be authorised for children from the age of 5 up to the nineteenth birthday.