§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many members of the permanent secretariat of the Scottish Office have been educated privately, what percentage of the secretariat this comprises; and what are the corresponding figures for 1981.
§ Mr. Rifkind[pursuant to his reply, 5 December 1986, c. 831–2]: My Department does not maintain central statistics on the schools attended by staff and the collation of information on its administration group staff from individual records could only be obtained at disproportionate Cost.