HC Deb 09 December 1957 vol 579 c101W
The Rev. LI. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the amount of the last five annual grants to the Refugees Fund of the United Nations; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

Annual contributions to the United Nations Refugee Fund have only been made since 1955, when the High Commissioner's present resettlement programme began. To this programme Her Majesty's Government have contributed annually £80,000 outright and an additional £20,000 provided that contributions from Governments reached a total of $3.25 million. This condition was fulfilled in 1956 but not in 1955.