Entry Clearance Officers (Hansard, 6 April 1998)

§ Mr. Gerrard
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the Diplomatic Service Procedures (Guidance to Entry Clearance Officers) were last updated and re-issued. [37726]

§ Mr. Fatchett
The main Diplomatic Service Procedures instructions on Entry Clearance, Volume 1 General Instructions, was last updated and distributed in February 1997.

§ Mr. Gerrard
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to publish the Diplomatic Service Procedures (Guidance to Entry Clearance Officers). [37725]

§ Mr. Fatchett
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has already made available a copy of Diplomatic Service Procedures Entry Clearance Volume 1, General Instructions, in the House of Commons Library. This volume is now being substantially revised and on completion will be distributed more widely via the Internet.