HC Deb 25 May 1978 vol 950 cc725-33W
Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report the number of allowances for the education of the children of diplomatic staff at home and abroad in 1975–76 and 1976–77, respectively.

Mr. Luard

In the academic year 1975–76, allowances for attendance at boarding schools in this country were paid in respect of 1,879 children of Diplomatic Service staff at home and abroad. In the academic year 1976–77, the figure was 1,844.

At some posts overseas, payment is authorised from public funds of the local day school fees of children of staff in

I regret that I cannot provide this information for each £1 increment.

the post. I regret that the total number of children involved is not at present available in London, and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.

Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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 diplomatic staff.

Mr. Luard

Allowances are currently being paid for children of Diplomatic Service staff attending the following boarding schools—the bills are submitted unreceipted, for administrative reasons:

  • Abberley Hall, Worcester.
  • The Abbey School, Malvern Wells, Worcestershire.
  • 727
  • The Abbey Junior School, Westgate on Sea, Essex.
  • Ackworth School, Pontefract, Yorkshire.
  • Acton Reynald School, Shrewsbury.
  • Albyn School, Aberdeen.
  • Aldenham School, Elstree, Hertfordshire.
  • The Alice Ottley School, Worcester.
  • Allhallows School, Rousdon, Lyme Regis, Dorset.
  • Amesbury School, Hindhead, Surrey.
  • Ampleforth College, York.
  • Ancaster House, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex.
  • Ardingly College, Haywards Heath, Sussex.
  • Ardvreck School, Creiff, Tayside.
  • Arts Educational School, Tring, Herts.
  • Ashdown House, Forest Row, Sussex.
  • Ashfold School, Brill, Bucks.
  • Ashford School, East Hill, Ashford, Kent.
  • Austin Friars School, Carlisle, Cumbria.
  • Badminton School, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.
  • Barlborough Hall, Sheffield.
  • Barrow Hills, Witley, Surrey.
  • Baston School, Hayes, Bromley, Kent.
  • Battle Abbey School, Battle, Sussex.
  • Beachborough School, Westbury, Northants.
  • Bearwood College, Wokingham, Berks.
  • Bedales School, Petersfield, Hants.
  • Bedford School, Bedford.
  • Bedford Modern School, Bedford.
  • Bedgebury Park School, Goudhurst, Kent.
  • Bedstone School, Bucknell, Salop.
  • Beechwood Park School, Markyate, Herts.
  • Beeston Hall School, West Runton, Norfolk.
  • Belmont School, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking.
  • Bembridge School, Isle of Wight.
  • Benenden School, Cranbrook, Kent.
  • Beresford House School, Eastbourne, Sussex.
  • Berkhamsted School for Girls, Herts.
  • Bethany School, Goudhurst, Kent.
  • Betteshanger School, Deal, Kent.
  • Bishops Stortford College, Herts.
  • Blairmore School, Glass, Huntley, Aberdeenshire.
  • Blundells School, Tiverton, Devon.
  • Box Hill School, Mickleham, Dorking, Surrey.
  • Bradfield College, Berks.
  • Brambletye School, East Grinstead, Surrey.
  • Bramcote School, Gamstown, Notts.
  • Brandeston Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
  • Bredon School, Tewkesbury, Glos.
  • Brentwood School, Brentwood, Essex.
  • Brighton College, Eastern Road, Brighton, Sussex.
  • Bromsgrove School, Hereford, Worcs.
  • Broomham School, Hastings, Sussex.
  • Bryanston School, Blandford, Dorset.
  • Buckfast Abbey School, Buckfastleigh, Devon.
  • Burgess Hill School, Burgess Hill, Sussex.
  • Bush Davies School, East Grinstead, Surrey.
  • Caldicott School, Farnham Royal, Bucks.
  • Canford School, Wimborne, Dorset.
  • Cargilfield School, Edinburgh.
  • Carlekemp School, North Berwick.
  • Casterton School, Carnforth, Cumbria.
  • Caterham School, Caterham, Surrey.
  • Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey.
  • 728
  • Charters Towers School, Bexhill on Sea.
  • Cheadle Hume School, Stockport, Cheshire.
  • Cheltenham College Junior School, Glos.
  • Cheltenham Ladies College, Cheltenham, Glos.
  • Chigwell School, High Road, Chigwell, Essex.
  • Chilton Cantelo School, Yeovil, Somerset.
  • Churchers College, Petersfield.
  • City of London Freemans School, Ashtead Park, Surrey.
  • Clarendon School, Haynes Park, Bedford.
  • Clayesmore School, Iwerne Minster, Dorset.
  • Clifton College, Bristol.
  • Clifton Hall School, Edinburgh.
  • Clifton High School for Girls, Bristol.
  • Cobham Hall, Gravesend, Kent.
  • The Collegiate School, Winterbourne, Bristol.
  • Convent of the Assumption, Richmond, Yorkshire.
  • Convent of Jesus and Mary, Milton Keynes.
  • Convent of our Lady, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex.
  • Convent of Our Lady of Providence, Alton, Hants.
  • Convent of the Faithful Companions of Jesus, Ware, Herts.
  • Convent of the Sacred Heart, Kilgraston, Perthshire.
  • Convent of the Sacred Heart, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
  • Convent of the Sacred Heart, Weymouth, Dorset.
  • Convent of the Sacred Heart, Woldingham.
  • Convent of St. Clothilde, Leahlade Manor, Glos.
  • Copthorne School, Crawley, Sussex.
  • Cottesmore School, Crawley, Sussex.
  • Cranbourne Chase School, Salisbury, Wilts.
  • Cranleigh School, Surrey.
  • Cranley School, Edinburgh.
  • Croft House School, Shillingstone, Dorset.
  • Crookham Court School, Newbury, Berks.
  • Culford School, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
  • Cumnor House, Haywards Heath, Sussex.
  • Daniel Stewarts and Melville College, Edinburgh.
  • Dartington Hall School, Totnes, Devon.
  • Dauntseys School, Devizes, Wilts.
  • Dean Close School, Cheltenham, Glos.
  • Denstone College, Uttoxeter, Staffs.
  • Dollar Academy, Clackmannan County, Scotland.
  • Douai School, Reading, Berks.
  • Dover College, Kent.
  • Downe House, Newbury, Berks.
  • Downside School, Bath, Avon.
  • Dragon School, Oxford.
  • Dulwich College, London SE21.
  • Dulwich College Prep School, London SE21.
  • Dumpton School, Wimborne, Dorset.
  • Durlston Court, Barton on Sea, Hants.
  • Earnseat School, Arnside, Cumbria.
  • Eastbourne College, Sussex.
  • Eccles Hall School, Guidenham, Norfolk.
  • Edgehill College, Bideford, Devon.
  • The Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • 729
  • Ellerslie School, Malvern, Worcs.
  • Ellesmere College, Ellesmere, Salop.
  • Elmbridge Boys School, Cranleigh, Surrey.
  • Elmhurst Ballet School.
  • Eltham College, London SE9.
  • Epsom College, Surrey.
  • Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire.
  • Exeter School, Devon.
  • Falcon Manor School, Towcester, Northants.
  • Farleigh House School, Basingstoke, Hants.
  • Farlington School, Horsham, Sussex.
  • Farnborough Hill Convent, Farnborough, Hants.
  • Farringtons School, Chislehurst, Kent.
  • Felixstowe College, Felixstowe, Suffolk.
  • Felsted School, Dunmow, Essex.
  • Feltonfleet School, Cobham, Surrey.
  • Fernden School, Haslemere, Surrey.
  • Fernhill Manor School, New Milton, Hants.
  • Fettes College, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Flexford School, Newbury, Berks.
  • Fonthill School, East Grinstead, Surrey.
  • The Forest School, Snaresbrook, London E17.
  • Forest Grange School, Horsham, Sussex.
  • Fort Augustus Abbey School, Inverness-shire.
  • Fossebank School, Tonbridge, Kent.
  • Framlingham College, Framlingham, Suffolk.
  • Frensham Heights, Farnham, Surrey.
  • Fulneck Girls School, Pudsey Yorkshire.
  • Fyfield Boarding School, Ongar, Essex.
  • Geldeston Hall, Beccles, Suffolk.
  • George Watsons College, Edinburgh.
  • Glengorse and Hydneys School, Battle, Sussex.
  • Godolphin School, Salisbury, Wilts.
  • Godstowe School, High Wycombe, Bucks.
  • Grace Dieu Manor School, Whitwick, Leics.
  • Great Ballard School, Chichester, Sussex.
  • Greenacre School, Banstead, Surrey.
  • Greenham House School, Birchington on Sea, Kent.
  • Greshams School, Holt, Norfolk.
  • The Grove School, Hindhead, Surrey.
  • Hadham Hall, Hadham, Herts.
  • Haileybury School, Hertford.
  • Hampden House School, Great Missenden, Bucks.
  • Handcross Park School, Haywards Heath, Sussex.
  • Hanford School, Childe Okeford, Dorset.
  • Harrogate College, Harrogate, Yorkshire.
  • Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, Greater London.
  • Hazelwood School, Limpsfield, Surrey.
  • Headington School, Oxford.
  • Heatherdown School, Ascot, Berkshire.
  • Heversham School, Milnthorpe, Cumbria.
  • Highfields School, Liphook, Hants.
  • Highgate School, London N.6.
  • High Trees School, Horley, Surrey.
  • Hillingdon Court School, Uxbridge.
  • Hillstone School, Malvern, Worcs.
  • Holmewood House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
  • Holmwood School, Formby, Liverpool.
  • Holy Family Convent, Littlehampton, Sussex.
  • 730
  • Holy Family of Nazareth Convent, Pitsford, Northants.
  • Homefield School, Dunchurch, Warwicks.
  • Hordle House, Milford on Sea, Hants.
  • Horris Hill School, Newbury, Berks.
  • Howells School, Denbigh.
  • Howsham Hall School, York.
  • Hunmanly Hall School, Filey, Yorks.
  • Hurst Lodge School, Sunningdale, Berks.
  • Hurstpierpoint College, Hassocks, Sussex.
  • Huyton College, Liverpool.
  • Ipswich School, Ipswich, Suffolk.
  • Kelly College, Tavistock, Devon.
  • Kent College, Canterbury, Kent.
  • Kent College, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
  • King Edwards School, Witley, Surrey.
  • King Edward VI School, Norwich, Norfolk.
  • Kingham Hill School, Oxford.
  • Kings College, Taunton, Somerset.
  • Kings College School, Cambridge.
  • Kings School, Bruton, Somerset.
  • Kings School, Canterbury, Kent.
  • Kings School, Gloucester.
  • Kings School, Rochester, Kent.
  • Kingswood School, Bath, Somerset.
  • Kingswood School, Ely.
  • Lambrook School, Bracknell, Berks.
  • Lancing College, Lancing, Sussex.
  • La Retraite School, Burnham on Sea, Somerset.
  • Lathallan School, Montrose, Angus.
  • Lavant House, Chichester, Sussex.
  • Leelands School, Walmer, Deal, Kent.
  • The Legat School, Crowborough, Sussex.
  • Leighton Park School, Reading, Berks.
  • The Leys School, Cambridge.
  • Licensed Victuallers School, Slough, Bucks.
  • Lillesden School, Hawkhurst, Kent.
  • Lindisfarne College, Wrexham, N. Wales.
  • Liverpool College, Queens Drive, Liverpool.
  • Llanarth Court School, Raglan, Gwent.
  • Lomond School, Helensburgh, Scotland.
  • Loreto Convent School, Coleraine, N. Ireland.
  • Loretto School, Musselburgh, Edinburgh.
  • Maltmans Green School, Gerrards Cross, Bucks.
  • Malvern College, Malvern, Worcs.
  • Malvern Girls College, Malvern, Worcs.
  • The Manor House School, Little Bookham, Surrey.
  • The Manor School, Great Durnford, Wilts.
  • Marist Convent, Sunninghill, Berks.
  • Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wilts.
  • Marlborough House School, Hawkhurst, Kent.
  • Merchant Taylors School, Crosby, Liverpool.
  • Merchant Taylors School, Northwood, Greater London.
  • Merchiston Castle School, Colinton, Edinburgh.
  • Michael Hall School, Forest Row, Sussex.
  • Mill Hill School, London N.W.7.
  • Monkton Combe School, Bath, Avon.
  • Monmouth School, Monmouth, Gwent.
  • Moor Park School, Ludlow, Salop.
  • The Mount School, York.
  • Nagle Prep School, Matlock, Derbyshire.
  • 731
  • The New School, Kings Langley, Herts.
  • New Hall School, Chelmsford, Essex.
  • New Place School, Shedfield, Southampton.
  • Normansal School, Seaford, Sussex.
  • Northaw Prep School, Salisbury, Wilts.
  • Northease Manor School, Lewes, Sussex.
  • Northwood College, Northwood, Greater London.
  • Oakdene School, Beaconsfield, Bucks.
  • Oakham School, Oakham, Leics.
  • The Oratory School, Woodcote, Berks.
  • Oundle School, Oundle, Peterborough.
  • Our Lady's Convent, Abingdon, Oxford.
  • Overstone School, Northampton.
  • Packwood Haugh School, Ruyton Eleven Towns, Salop.
  • The Park School, Yeovil, Somerset.
  • Parkside School, East Horsley, Surrey.
  • Parsons Mead School, Ashtead, Surrey.
  • The Pilgrims School, Winchester, Hampshire.
  • Pinewood School, Farnborough, Hampshire.
  • Pipers Corner School, High Wycombe, Bucks.
  • Pocklington School, York.
  • Poles Convent School, Ware, Herts.
  • Port Regis School, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
  • Prior Park College, Bath, Somerset.
  • Prior Park Prep School, Swindon, Wilts.
  • Quantock School, Over Stowey, Somerset.
  • Queen Anne's School, Caversham, Reading, Berks.
  • Queens Park School, Oswestry, Salop.
  • Radcliffe School, Wolverton, Bucks.
  • Ranters Oak School, Cranbrook, Kent.
  • Ratcliffe College, Leicester.
  • Reading School, Reading, Berks.
  • Reading Blue Coat School, Sonning, Reading, Berks.
  • Reads School, Drax, York.
  • Redhouse School, Moormonkton, York.
  • Reeds School, Cobham, Surrey.
  • Repton School, Derbyshire.
  • Ridgeway School, Lymington, Hampshire.
  • Roedean School, Brighton, Sussex.
  • Rookesbury Park, Wickham, Hants.
  • Rosemead School, Littlehampton, Sussex.
  • Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancs.
  • The Royal School, Bath, Avon.
  • The Royal School, Wolverhampton.
  • Royal Grammar School, Lancaster, Lancs.
  • Royal Latin School, Buckingham.
  • Royal Russell School, Croydon, Surrey.
  • Rydal School, Colwyn Bay, Clwyd.
  • Rye St. Antony School, Oxford.
  • St Andrews School, Meads, Eastbourne, Sussex.
  • St Anne's School, Windermere, Cumbria.
  • St Aubyn's School, Rottingdean, Sussex.
  • St Audries School, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, Somerset.
  • St Augustines College, Westgate on Sea, Margate, Kent.
  • St Bede's School, Eastbourne, Sussex.
  • St Catherines School, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey.
  • St Christophers School, Burnham on Sea, Somerset.
  • St Christophers School, Letchworth, Herts.
  • St Clare's Hall, Oxford.
  • St Denis School, Edinburgh.
  • St Edmunds College, Ware, Herts.
  • St Edmunds School, Canterbury, Kent.
  • St Edmunds School, Hindhead, Surrey.
  • 732
  • St Edwards School, Lymington, Hants.
  • St Edwards School, Oxford.
  • St Faith's School, Cambridge.
  • St Georges College, Weybridge, Surrey.
  • St Georges School, Ascot, Berkshire.
  • St Georges School, Jersey, Channel Islands.
  • St Helen's School, Northwood, Greater London.
  • St Hughis School, Ware, Herts.
  • St James' School, West Malvern, Worcs.
  • St John's Beaumont, Old Windsor, Berks.
  • St John's College, Southsea, Hants.
  • St Joseph's College, Birkfield, Ipswich, Suffolk.
  • St Leonards Mayfield School, Mayfield, East Sussex.
  • St Macnissio College, Co Antrim, N Ireland.
  • St Margarets School, Bushey, Herts.
  • St Margarets School, Edinburgh.
  • St Mary's Convent, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
  • St Mary's Hall, Brighton.
  • St Mary's School, Calne, Wilts.
  • St Mary's School, Melrose, Roxburghshire.
  • St Maurs Convent, Weybridge, Surrey.
  • St Michaels, Burton Park, Petworth, Sussex.
  • St Neots School, Basingstoke, Hants.
  • St Pauls School, Barnes, London SW13
  • St Peters School, Seaford, Sussex.
  • St Peters School, York.
  • St Swithuns School, Winchester, Hampshire.
  • St Teresa's, Dorking, Surrey.
  • St Wilfrids School, Seaford, Sussex.
  • Sandle Manor School, Fordingbridge, Hants.
  • Sandroyd School, Salisbury, Wilts.
  • Scarborough College, Scarborough, Yorkshire.
  • Scarisbrick Hall School, Ormskirk, Lancs.
  • School of St Mary and St Anne, Abbots Bromley, Kent.
  • Seaford College, Petworth, Sussex.
  • Selwyn School, Gloucester.
  • Sherborne School, Dorset.
  • Sherborne School for Girls, Dorset.
  • Shiplake College, Henley on Thames, Oxon.
  • Shoreham Grammar School, Shoreham, Sussex.
  • Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury.
  • Sibford School, Nr Banbury, Oxon.
  • Solihull School, Solihull, Warwickshire.
  • Spratton Hall School, Northampton.
  • Stoke College, Stoke by Clare, Suffolk.
  • Stonar School, Melksham, Wilts.
  • Stover School, Newton Abbot, Devon.
  • Stowe School, Buckingham, Bucks.
  • Strathallan School, Forgandenny, Perth.
  • Summerfields School, Oxford.
  • Taunton School, Taunton, Somerset.
  • Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, Kent.
  • Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perth.
  • Truro School, Cornwall.
  • Upper Chine School, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
  • Victoria College, Jersey, Channel Islands.
  • Wadhurst College for Girls, Wadhurst, Sussex.
  • Warminster School, Warminster, Wiltshire.
  • Wellingborough School, Northamptonshire.
  • 733
  • Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berks.
  • Wells Cathedral School, Wells, Somerset.
  • Wentworth Milton Mount School, Bournemouth, Dorset.
  • Westminster School, Little Deans Yard, London SW1.
  • West Preston Manor School, Rustington, Littlehampton, Sussex.
  • Wicken Park School, Milton Keynes, Bucks.
  • Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire.
  • Winchester House School, Brackley, Northants.
  • Windlesham House School, Washington, Sussex.
  • Wolborough Hill School, Newton Abbot, South Devon.
  • Woodhouse Grove School, Bradford, Yorkshire.
  • Worth Abbey School, Crawley, Sussex.
  • Wycombe Abbey School, High Wycombe, Bucks.
  • Wynstones School, Whaddon, Glos.
  • Yardley Court School, Tonbridge, Kent.