§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Basildon on 14 May 1981, what is the current stipulated maximum that the International Social Service of Great Britain is allowed to spend on freight under section 29 of the Immigration Act 1971; and what it was in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. RaisonThe maximum amounts currently stipulated by International Social Service of Great Britain for the transport of baggage are as follows:
Region A: (Canada, United States of America, Caribbean, South and Central America) £ per person Persons aged 16 and over 125 Persons under 16 75 Region B: (Africa, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia, Australia, Eastern Hempisphere countries) Persons aged 16 and over 150 Persons under 16 100 These rates have applied since October 1978. Before then the maximum payment for the transport of a family's baggage was half of the total fares.