§ Mr. Gordon MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list each visit made to the Turks and Caicos Islands by(a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department since 1990. [43425]
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§ Mr. FatchettRecords are unavailable for the period dating back to 1990. However, since 1992 there have been six Ministerial visits to the TCI:
Date July 1992 Mr. Mark Lennox-Boyd, PUSS, FCO September 1993 Mr. Anthony Nelson, Economic Secretary to the Treasury October 1994 Mr. Tony Baldry, PUSS, FCO April 95 Sir Derek Spencer, Solicitor-General April 1996 Sir Nicholas Bonsor, FCO Minister May 1997 Lord Hardie, Lord Advocate Since 1994 there have been at least eight visits by officials from the relevant political Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. There have also been numerous visits by officials from the Dependent Territories Regional Secretariat in Bridgetown and from DFID/ODA.
§ Mr. Gordon MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much grant support was given to the Turks and Caicos Islands in each year since 1994–95. [43426]
§ Mr. FatchettThe figures, including Good Government Fund disbursements, are as follows:
- 1994–95: £4.618 million
- 1995–96: £3.045 million
- 1996–97: £4.1 10 million.
Figures for 1997–98 are not yet available.