HL Deb 24 June 1997 vol 580 c157WA
Lord Beaumont of Whitley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the £8 million in budgetary aid to St. Helena mentioned by Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 11 June (H.L. Deb., col. 922) includes the subsidy to the Royal Mail Ship, and is not additional to it as appears to be suggested.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)

The total estimated figure for the UK's bilateral aid programme to St. Helena in 1997–98 is £8.7 million. This includes both budgetary aid and the Royal Mail Ship subsidy.