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Tourism: British Nationals Abroad

Transport written question – answered at on 11 October 2010.

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Photo of Henry Smith Henry Smith Conservative, Crawley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many UK citizens were stranded abroad following failures of tour operators and airlines in 2010; and how many of them were not covered by the ATOL protection scheme.

Photo of Theresa Villiers Theresa Villiers The Minister of State, Department for Transport

Information is not available in the form requested.

For the year 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010, 2,445 passengers were repatriated under the ATOL protection scheme after the collapse of their travel operators. Since April 2010 the CAA estimates that 43,000 passengers have been repatriated under ATOL.

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