§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) how many of the 880,000 odd Palestinian Arab refugees in the care of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency have attended a course of training in the engineering and building trades, or in industrial and commercial establishments in 6W such subjects as shorthand and typing, and welding;
- (2) how many separate camps the United Nations Relief and Works Agency maintains for Palestinian Arab refugees; in how many of these there is a library and reading room; and in what way the United Nations Relief and Works Agency cares for the refugees' leisure hours and occupational and educational needs;
- (3) how many children below school-going age are in the care of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency; in how many camps they are distributed; and how many play centres and kindergartens are run for them;
- (4) the number of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency camps in which Palestinian Arab refugees are maintained; how many of these are served by the 123 crafts centres and the 58 clubs run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency; and how many of the refugees avail themselves of the opportunities so afforded;
- (5) how many of the 880,000 Palestinian Arab refugees in the care of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency have whole-time work.
§ Lord John HopeI have not the detailed information which the hon. Member requests, but I am having inquiries made and will inform him of the results as soon as possible.