§ 79. Lieut.-Colonel Bolesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give particulars of the allowed costs of repatriation from the Rhineland to the United Kingdom via the Hamburg-Harwich and the Calais-Dover routes, respectively; whether these costs should include payment of rail fares from port of disembarkation to authorised destination; and if he will give an assurance that outstanding claims for 1946 will be settled forthwith.
The Minister of State (Mr. McNeil)British subjects are repatriated to this country against their signed undertakings to repay the actual cost incurred. This varies in accordance with the circumstances and there is no fixed rate. Repatriation covers the journey to the port of disembarkation, and railway fares to the point of destination are not included.