§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of(a) overseas domestic workers and (b) their employers he estimates received his Department's "Information for Domestic Servants Travelling to the United Kingdom"; and whether the leaflets are written in the mother tongues of the intended recipients.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAll domestic workers are handed a copy of an information leaflet when interviewed at post for entry clearance, and all employers are given a leaflet together with an explanatory note. Records are not kept of the numbers of leaflets issued.
Leaflets are available in English and Arabic. Arrangements are in hand for a translation to be made available in Tagalog—Filipino. Where an applicant does not understand English the contents of the leaflet are explained in their local language. The Home Office is currently producing copies in Spanish, Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and Tamil.