HC Deb 19 January 1990 vol 165 cc427-8W
Mr. Corbin

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the approximate cost of holiday visit passages paid in respect of(a) children of

Overseas Development Administration personnel and (b) children of technical co-operation officers in receipt of education allowances for the latest available year.

Mrs. Chalker

The latest year for which figures are available is 1988–89. In that year, the cost of holiday visit passages for children of staff of the Overseas Development Administration was £22,900. For children of all personnel financed from technical co-operation funds, including technical co-operation officers and supplementees, the cost was £1,089,218.