British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

(asked on 2nd December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many emergency loans for (a) return travel to the UK and (b) essential living costs have been provided to UK citizens stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 pandemic; and what the total value of those loans is.


Answered by
Nigel Adams Portrait
Nigel Adams
This question was answered on 7th December 2020

To date, almost 3000 emergency repatriation loans and over 200 subsistence loans have been issued to UK citizens since 1st January. This brings the number of loans issued to almost 3200 with a total value of around £2.5 million.

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