HC Deb 26 January 1994 vol 236 c262W
Mr. Jamieson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on private education and boarding school allowances for the children of personnel employed by his Department, in each of the last five years; and how many children had their fees paid in each of those years.

Mr. Goodlad

In each of the last five years expenditure on boarding school allowances, and the number of children who attended boarding schools in the United Kingdom, was as follows:

Financial year £ million Number of children
1992–93 7.88 744
1991–92 7.73 880
1990–91 7.58 910
1989–90 7.21 988
1988–89 7.17 998

Expenditure on fee-paying schools for children educated locally at post was as follows:

Financial year £ million
1992–93 2.00
1991–92 1.80
1990–91 1.68
1989–90 1.58
1988–89 1.54

Details of the total number of children for whom such allowances were paid are not available.