§ Mr. CranTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the terms of the revised agreement with the International Social Service of the United Kingdom to continue operating the Government's voluntary repatriation scheme.
§ Mrs. RumboldA small scheme providing financial assistance in certain circumstances from public funds for non-British citizens settled in this country who wish to return permanently overseas to a non-European country has been administered since 1971 on behalf of the Government by International Social Service (UK), under section 29 of the Immigration Act 1971.
I have placed in the Library a copy of the recently revised agreement with International Social Service (UK), together with an information sheet on the scheme. Some minor changes have been made to an earlier 1984 agreement, to update and refine the scheme's criteria and procedures.