§ Dr. MarekTo 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 ShortThe Comparative Study will consider health issues including emergency medical evacuations from the island.
§ Dr. MarekTo 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 ShortThe 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.