HC Deb 05 July 2001 vol 371 c248W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 27 June 2001,Official Report, column 97W, on work permits, if he will place a copy of the affidavit received from a Trinidad and Tobago Football Association medical officer in the Libraries of both Houses. [2086]

Angela Eagle

No. The affidavit was provided for the purpose of considering applications for work permits and it is not the practice of Work Permits (United Kingdom) to disclose documents submitted in support of applications.

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 27 June 2001,Official Report, column 97W, on work permits, what inquiries were made to validate the information contained in the affidavit provided by a Trinidad and Tobago Football Association medical official. [2087]

Angela Eagle

[holding answer 3 July 2001]: There was no information to suggest that the evidence provided in the sworn affidavit was incorrect and in the absence of such information the Department did not think it necessary to make any inquiries to validate this information.