Mr. Youngasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel are on their second, third or any subsequent tour in the Falklands; how many of them (a) are in receipt of the Falklands allowance and (b) are not; and if he will consider changing the rules relating to the payment of the allowances payable after a certain number of days in the Falklands in that or any subsequent tour.
§ Mr. StanleyI shall answer shortly.
Mr. Youngasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many ships are on hire to Her Majesty's Government for work in the Falklands; and what is the cost, term and company concerned of each contract.
§ Mr. StanleyThere are currently 10 ships on charter for work in the Falklands. They are as follows:
result in forfeiture of future entitlement to the allowance and/or refund in part or whole of the allowance already paid for that stage of education. Each case is however considered on its merits; subject of course to compliance with the regulations.
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will list the number of children of Her Majesty's forces educated under the boarding school allowance scheme who changed school from that originally selected in each of the last 10 years; and whether he will list the schools involved under the heading used by his Department to record the reasons for such moves.
§ Mr. LeeSome 21,500 children of service parents are educated under the boarding school allowance scheme but the Ministry of Defence does not maintain records of changes of school and the number of children affected. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The majority of changes of school arise on completion of a stage of education that is, cessation of primary schooling and commencement of the secondary stage. Other changes that arise are considered separately on their merits but the numbers involved are a small proportion of the whole.