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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of providing education in private schools for the families of members of the armed forces in each of the last thirteen years.

Asked by
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
5162; 723 c321WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the annualised costs of applying visa regulations to pupils aged under 19 who have secured plans to study full time at independent schools affiliated to the Independent Schools Council; and what benefit to the United Kingdom is derived from those costs.

Asked by
Lord Lucas (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
3879; 723 c358WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 24 November (WA 362), what is the annual number of confirmation of acceptance of studies for non-European Union foreign students assigned to eachindividual private sector college and school; and how many such acceptances relate to students...

Asked by
Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 December 2010
Reference
4904; 723 c213-4WA
House
House of Lords

As announced following the strategic defence and security review, the Ministry of Defence is reviewing the broad range of allowances paid to service personnel. Work is ongoing to define fully the package of changes, but we are now able to announce some changes to the continuity of education allowance (CEA)....

Member
Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat)
Department
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written statements
Date
16 December 2010
Reference
520 c116WS
House
House of Commons

My honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Nick Harvey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. As announced following the Strategic Defence and Security Review, the Ministry of Defence is reviewing the broad range of allowances paid to service personnel. Work is ongoing to define fully...

Member
Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative)
Department
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written statements
Date
16 December 2010
Reference
723 c117-8WS
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether independent schools registered as charities can convert to academies; and whether they would be allowed to raise additional income through fees if they did so.

Asked by
Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 December 2010
Reference
4062; 723 c176-7WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many pupils studying full time at an independent school affiliated to the International Schools Council have subsequently become illegal immigrants.

Asked by
Lord Lucas (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 2010
Reference
3880; 722 c463WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they maintain and collate statistics on the numbers of foreign students granted visas to study at particular private colleges; and whether they will publish the number of visas issued per college annually.

Asked by
Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 2010
Reference
3837; 722 c362WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West of 10 November 2010, Official Report, column 391W, on armed forces: private education, how many service personnel of each rank received financial assistance from his Department through the continuity of education...

Asked by
Thomas Docherty (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 November 2010
Reference
24636; 518 c965-6W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on tax relief for private schools.

Asked by
Tom Blenkinsop (Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 2010
Reference
22311; 518 c323-4W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many children of service personnel receive funding from his Department to attend independent schools.

Asked by
Mike Crockart (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 2010
Reference
22765; 518 c391W
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Home Office
Type
Deposited papers
Date
9 November 2010
Reference
DEP2010-1962
House
House of Lords

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to review the value added tax exemption for private schools.

Asked by
Tom Blenkinsop (Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 November 2010
Reference
21997; 518 c101W
House
House of Commons
Is it not true that excellent quality, state boarding-school education is available in the United Kingdom at an average price of around £9,000 per annum, plus a £3,500 contribution towards tuition by the state as against public school fees of between £22,000 and £30,000 a year? Why cannot the Foreign Office save tens of millions of pounds by capping the amount of money that a Foreign Office official can claim to the level of state boarding-school fees?
Asked by
Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
1 November 2010
Reference
721 c1422-3
House
House of Lords
I agree with the noble Lord, who obviously speaks with enormous authority on this subject. I would just add, referring back to my Answer to the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, that we are looking at ways of bringing the cost of this operation down. However, the basic requirement is that these children are educated; we do not want only childless diplomats. Therefore, we have had to make the provision that the noble Lord has just described. I believe that it should continue and that it is essential for an effective diplomatic effort by this country.
Answered by
Lord Howell of Guildford (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
1 November 2010
Reference
721 c1423
House
House of Lords
There is no suggestion, as I made clear, that these allowances will be discontinued for the Diplomatic Service. I cannot comment on other branches of the Crown service or other public services because that is another question for which a rather different set of arrangements apply. The figures for which the noble Lord asks are that the ceiling for junior boarders in the current year is £7,239 per term and £8,236 for senior boarders, which is a reduction of £100 since last September. The figures are considerably lower for those attending as day pupils.
Answered by
Lord Howell of Guildford (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
1 November 2010
Reference
721 c1423-4
House
House of Lords
I am grateful to my noble friend for that support. He is absolutely right but I shall correct him on one thing, if I may. It involves not only senior staff as 75 per cent of the children helped are of parents with quite junior salaries. The Foreign Office sends junior people to very difficult posts and they may have young children who need to be educated.
Answered by
Lord Howell of Guildford (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
1 November 2010
Reference
721 c1423
House
House of Lords
That is a very valuable thought. As far as Foreign and Commonwealth Office is concerned, the numbers are rather small. We are talking about a maximum of 2,000 children, of which only 500 are being educated in the United Kingdom. Given the circumstances of where these children go—whether to be near their grandparents or to where an available space is found—it is very difficult to concentrate on a single discount operation. This is slightly outside the question, but I believe that the Armed Forces are large enough to have a kind of discount arrangement, but we do not have the numbers or the weight to engineer that kind of system for the Foreign Office.
Answered by
Lord Howell of Guildford (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
1 November 2010
Reference
721 c1424
House
House of Lords
My Lords, if the cap were to be reduced from over £25,000 per annum to the £13,000 to £14,000 that I am suggesting, surely that would create the demand in the state boarding school sector that the Minister said in his first reply is missing?
Asked by
Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
1 November 2010
Reference
721 c1424
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I declare two interests. First, I was a beneficiary of these allowances for a large part of my career. Secondly, 19 years ago I gave evidence to the noble Lord, Lord Sheldon, and the Public Accounts Committee in support of these allowances, so I am somewhat biased. Does the Minister agree that the continuation of these allowances is essential as members of the Diplomatic Service are often posted abroad with very little notice and such allowances are necessary for the uninterrupted education of their children? Does he also agree that they are very much in line with those given by practically all international companies, and so are essential if recruitment and retention in the Diplomatic Service is to be preserved?
Asked by
Lord Wright of Richmond (Crossbench)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
1 November 2010
Reference
721 c1423
House
House of Lords