Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of British Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the G20 countries were educated at (a) private school, (b) state school, (c) the universities of Oxford and Cambridge and (d) other universities.

There is no requirement for British Ambassadors and High Commissioners to supply this information. The details we do have indicate that of the 19 British Ambassadors and High Commissioners to G20 countries (ie. the 19 other countries not including the UK):

a) 6 attended private school;

b) 7 attended state school;

c) 11 attended Oxford and Cambridge universities; and

d) 3 attended other universities.

There are 6 occasions where no school information is provided. There are 5 occasions where no university information is provided.