HC Deb 07 June 2000 vol 351 c266W
Dr. Marek

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her answer of 23 May 2000,Official Report, columns 408–09W, if the Comparative Study of air and sea access to and from St. Helena will consider emergency medical evacuations. [124801]

Clare Short

The Comparative Study will consider health issues including emergency medical evacuations from the island.

Dr. Marek

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much of the aid to St. Helena in(a) cash and (b) constant terms was spent on the island itself in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [124811]

Clare Short

The figures for aid to St. Helena for the period 1988–89 to 1998–99 in current and constant (1998–99) prices are:

£000
Current prices Constant prices
1988–89 18,652 27,760
1989–90 24,170 33,570
1990–97 11,636 14,988
1991–95 7,910 9,594
1992–93 8,658 10,165
1993–94 8,603 9,838
1994–95 7,786 8,778
1995–96 8,695 9,528
1996–97 7,781 8,261
1997–98 8,385 8,661
1998–99 8,587 8,587

The figures for the period 1988–89 to 1990–91 include construction costs for the RMS St. Helena. Disaggregated figures for offshore and local expenditure are not readily available.