§ Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the universities and type of secondary school attended by ambassadors currently serving Her Majesty's Government.
§ Mr. EggarI regret that the information is not readily available in the form requested. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the universities and polytechnics from which staff were recruited into the administrative group of the Diplomatic Service during each of the years 1979 to 1986, inclusive.
§ Mr. EggarI regret that the information is not readily available in the form requested. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the universities and polytechnics from which serving staff have been recruited into those grades of the Diplomatic Service broadly equivalent to the administration group of the Home Civil Service.
§ Mr. EggarThe breakdown of universities from which serving staff have been recruited into the administrative grades of the Diplomatic Service is given in the list. Similar detailed information for polytechnics is not readily available, and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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University Number Aberdeen 6 Aberystwyth 1 Bath 2 Belfast 3 Birmingham 5 Bristol 9 Cambridge 229 Cardiff 3 Dundee 1
University Number Durham 8 East Anglia 4 Edinburgh 14 Exeter 3 Glasgow 6 Keele 4 Leeds 8 Leicester 2 Liverpool 2 London 44 Manchester 8 Nottingham 3 Newcastle 3 Oxford 274 Reading 3 Sheffield 1 Southampton 2 St. Andrews 5 Surrey 2 Sussex 9 Swansea 1 York 1 Foreign 44 Unspecified 8