HC Deb 29 February 1960 vol 618 c104W
Mr. Longden

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total sum contributed by Her Majesty's Government to refugees.

Mr. R. Allan

Since 1946 Her Majesty's Government have contributed about £45 million to refugees. This does not include the sum of £2,178,572, which is pledged for refugee relief programmes in 1960 nor does it include Her Majesty's Government's contribution to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (U.N.R.R.A.) in the period 1943–49, which amounted to about £153,000,000.