Child Education Allowances (Hansard, 25 May 1978)

§ Mr. Christopher Price
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list

Claimants Total cost to nearest £ million^*

1975–76 … … Officers … … … … 9,965 £26

Servicemen … … … 4,024

1976–77 … … Officers … … … … 9,476 £32

Servicemen … … … 3,387

^* Includes the cost of grossing up the allowance to cover claimants' tax liability.

§ Mr. Christopher Price
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the schools from which receipted bills were submitted in the last convenient year to facilitate the payment of allowances for the education of the children of (a) serving officers and (b) other serving ranks.

§ Dr. Gilbert
Obtaining the information requested could not be done without disproportionate effort involving, as it would, the inspection of claims for some 22,000 children of parents from all three Services. However, a survey of the boarding schools actually used by Service parents in the autumn term 1975 showed a total of 1,111 different schools.

								Claimants	Total cost to nearest £ million^*
1975–76	…	…	Officers	…	…	…	…	9,965	£26
			Servicemen	…	…	…	4,024
1976–77	…	…	Officers	…	…	…	…	9,476	£32
			Servicemen	…	…	…	3,387
^* Includes the cost of grossing up the allowance to cover claimants' tax liability.