asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report in tabulated form the annual maximum level of the baggage allowance for repatriation for each year since 1978 until 1 April 1982, inclusive; if he will also publish figures showing the year-on-year increase in this allowance; if he will express these increases in percentage terms; and if he will provide separate figures for both zone A and zone B of the repatriation scheme and for those over 16 years of age and those under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement.

There is no automatic annual increase in the maximum allowances for the transport of baggage under the repatriation scheme operated by International Social Service of Great Britain. The allowances for Me period 10 October 1978 to 1 April 1982 were as follows: