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date	18/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Monarch Airlines: Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the costs of repatriating customers of Monarch Airlines to the UK will be met, in any part, by HM Treasury; and if so, what assessment they have made of such costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The costs of repatriating Monarch’s ATOL protected customers will be met by the ATOL scheme. The costs of repatriating all other passengers will be met by Her Majesty’s Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Aviation Authority has estimated the total repatriation costs to be approximately £60m, although some of these costs will be met by the ATOL scheme. Government is also seeking to recover costs through credit card companies and travel providers who would otherwise be liable. HM Treasury has not made its own assessment of the costs and do not produce forecasts of future tax payments by specific taxpayers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL2222 HL2288 question first answered 01/11/2017 12:49:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

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date	20/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to review the azure payment card for asylum seekers as a result of the new report by the British Red Cross on the humanitarian cost of the card.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Azure card is issued to destitute failed asylum seekers who require support because they are temporarily unable to leave the United Kingdom and can be used at most of the main supermarket chains to purchase food and other essential items. The performance of the card is kept under regular review and the views of reputable partners such as the Red Cross are carefully considered but the Government is satisfied that it is an effective way of ensuring the individuals are able to meet their essential living needs and not left destitute.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/10/2014 12:15:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno