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Terrorism: Victim Support Schemes

Volume 478: debated on Tuesday 8 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will place a copy of the policy document Exceptional Assistance Measures for Terrorist Incidents Overseas in the Library; (209365)

(2) if he will place in the Library a copy of guidance issued by his Department to British embassies and consulates on the implementation of the Exceptional Assistance Measures for terrorist incidents overseas.

Consular guidance is not placed in the Library of the House as a matter of routine. Guidance is meant for internal use only and is subject to change at any time.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether there is a ceiling to the financial assistance offered under the Exceptional Assistance Measures for terrorist incidents overseas; and if he will make a statement. (209379)

As my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Meg Munn, made clear in her written ministerial statement of 2 June 2008, Official Report, column 41WS, financial assistance is available for appropriate costs incurred by victims or families. There is no ceiling on the provision of assistance under the Exceptional Assistance Measures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what provisions the new Exceptional Assistance Measures for terrorist incidents overseas contain for financial support for the family members of victims of such incidents; and if he will make a statement. (209381)

I refer the right hon. Member to my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State’s (Meg Munn) written ministerial statement of 2 June 2008, Official Report, column 41WS.