§ Mr. StephenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the supply of information technology to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to help reunite child refugees in the former Yugoslavia with their families.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI welcome UNHCR's efforts to help reunite child refugees in the former Yugoslavia with their families. We give UNHCR substantial financial and practical support for its relief programme in the former Yugoslavia.
§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the medical situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the availability of gas and oil for essential heating purposes, and the availability of medical precursors to health authorities.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 21 March 1994]: We receive frequent reports from all United Nations agencies and ODA staff who are working on the ground throughout the former Yugoslavia. We are doing what we can to ensure that all victims of this conflict are given access to essential humanitarian supplies, including heating and medical assistance. To date we have committed some £171 million towards the humanitarian relief effort for the former Yugoslavia, including Serbia
Average gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of part-time female employees whose pay was unaffected by absence: in April of each year Year Durham Cleveland Tyne and Wear Cumbria Northumberland £ £ £ £ £ 1980 1.64 1.61 1.56 1.70 1.54 1981 1.84 1.80 1.78 1.87 1.79 1982 1.89 2.04 1.90 1.90 1.97 1983 2.10 2.34 2.09 2.17 2.02 1984 2.22 2.56 2.19 2.34 2.33 1985 2.42 2.64 2.42 2.46 1— 1986 2.59 2.63 2.47 2.75 2.36 1987 2.75 2.85 2.68 2.99 2.53 1988 2.82 3.09 3.04 3.13 2.71 1989 3.27 3.35 3.20 3.27 3.16 1990 3.57 3.72 3.53 3.70 3.38 1991 3.95 4.06 3.89 4.08 1— 1992 4.15 4.85 4.33 4.27 4.00 1993 4.33 4.84 4.59 4.32 3.99 1—denotes information is unavailable due to (i) an unacceptably high standard error, or (ii) no information available for that category. Source: New Earnings Survey.
Average gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of part-time adult employees whose pay was unaffected by absence: in April of each year Year Durham Cleveland Tyne and Wear Cumbria Northumberland £ £ £ £ £ 1980 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1981 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1982 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1983 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1984 2.32 1— 2.28 2.33 1— 1985 2.41 1— 2.51 2.44 1— 1986 2.68 2.64 2.61 2.70 2.42 1987 2.75 2.90 2.88 3.03 2.57 1988 2.84 3.07 3.20 3.07 2.68 1989 3.19 3.39 3.35 3.30 3.21 1990 3.61 3.74 3.59 3.73 3.45 1991 3.97 4.09 3.89 4.20 1— 1992 1— 4.87 4.45 4.20 1— 1993 4.34 4.96 4.60 4.32 1— 1—denotes information is unavailable due to (i) an unacceptably high standard error, or (ii) no information available for that category. Source: New Earnings Survey.
436Wand Montenegro. The bulk of our direct bilateral assistance, totalling some £92 million to date, is focused on central Bosnia where the needs are greatest.
Sanctions applied under United Nations Security Council resolutions Nos. 757, 787 and 820 specifically exclude humanitarian supplies, subject to notification procedures in the United Nations Sanctions Committee. We have worked hard in this committee to ensure that all genuine humanitarian shipments are expedited, including the monitored delivery of heating oil by UNHCR to humanitarian institutions in the former republic of Yugoslavia.