HC Deb 25 July 1955 vol 544 c81W
47. Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total amount expended on relief of Palestinian refugees by United Nations Agencies since 1948; and the number now in receipt of relief.

Mr. Nutting

The United Nations Agencies spent altogether about £53½ million on the relief of Palestinian refugees between December, 1948, and the end of March, 1955. The latest recorded number of refugees in receipt of relief is 890,000 as at June, 1954.

48. Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total amount spent by United Nations Agencies on the resettlement of Palestinian refugees since 1948; and the number resettled.

Mr. Nutting

The total spent by United Nations Agencies on the resettlement of Palestinian refugees is £6¼ million, expended by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency largely between 1951 and the present. The former United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees organisation dealt only with relief. The number resettled directly by U.N.R.W.A. is recorded as about 8,000 up to June, 1954.

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