§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what figures are held on the number of people recruited to the Overseas Service Aid scheme who had children born overseas while they served on this scheme; and how many people hold British citizenship by descent as a result of being born abroad while their parents were serving on this scheme. [30330]
§ Clare ShortThe Department does not maintain these figures on the Overseas Service Aid Scheme which has been run down over a number of years.
It is highly unlikely that the information on British citizenship by descent was ever held in any systematic way. Any attempt to determine the figures, therefore, could only be at disproportionate cost to the Department.