§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will now publish the total amount spent on boarding school allowances to assist service personnel to have their children educated at private schools in Scotland in each year since 1981–82 on account of posting moves at home and overseas;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report figures showing for the latest available year the successful applicants by rank whose children are being educated privately at public expense on account of posting moves at home and overseas.
§ Mr. FreemanI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 21 October 1986 at column822. Records are not maintained in the form requested and the information could not be provided without disproportionate effort.