§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which commercial bank applied for a banking licence on St. Helena prior to 1996; for what reasons it was not granted; and if he will make a statement. [23625]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorThe Bank of Nova Scotia applied for a banking licence in 1994, but subsequently withdrew its application.
§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the average gross annual income on the island of St. Helena of each quartile of those employed in(a) the private sector and (b) the public sector. [23626]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorInformation in the form requested cannot be extracted from the statistical data.