§ Lord Graham of Edmontonasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they expect to make available the latest revisions of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's country assessments. [HL207]
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)Revised country assessments were made available to caseworkers during September 1999. They will be made publicly available on the Home Office Internet site within the next few weeks and copies placed in the Library. The assessments are all sourced to information obtained from independent external sources and from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
A list of the countries for which assessments are prepared was set out in an Answer given by my honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Home Office (Mr. O'Brien) to the Member for Halton on 13 May 1998, House of Commons Official Report, cols. 127–28. They are revised at six-monthly intervals, previously in March and September. The schedule will change to April and October from 2000.