HC Deb 28 January 1987 vol 109 cc282-3W
Mr. Wareing

asked 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. Eggar

I regret that the information is not readily available in the form requested. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Mr. Wareing

asked 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. Eggar

I regret that the information is not readily available in the form requested. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Mr. Wareing

asked 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. Eggar

The 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.

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

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