§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will list in the Official Report the number of allowances and the total amount paid by the Government in allowances for the education of the children of those involved with her Department in 1975–76 and 1976–77, respectively.
§ Mrs. HartIn 1975–76 and 1976–77 the education allowances paid amounted to £1,421,000 and £2,074,000 respectively. I regret that the number of individual allowances is not readily available. To obtain it would require analysis of over 2,000 cases, since allowances are paid to the individual concerned in respect of one or more children and are recorded in this way for the purpose of accounting, and I fear this work is not justifiable.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will list in the Official Report the schools from which receipted bills were submitted in the last convenient year to facilitate 681W the payment of allowances for the education of the children of those involved with her Ministry.
§ Mrs. HartI regret that this information is not readily available and could not be provided without disproportionate effort. I could provide a list of recognised schools.