§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on Her Majesty's Government's support for the Palestinian people who live in the occupied territories.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggAll British bilateral aid to the Palestinian people in the occupied territories is dispersed through United Kingdom non-governmental organisations under the supplementary programme to the occupied territories—SPOT. Projects currently being undertaken are:
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Grants given £ Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group (AHRTAG) 1. Production of health education materials 55,887 (1990–92) 2. Women's development 52,073 (1990–93) Christian Aid
Grants given £ 1. Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee Fodder 3,300 (1991) Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) 1. Paediatric Nurses training 42,250 (1990–91) 2. Upgrading skills of staff for children with learning difficulties 15,900 (1991) 3. Intensive Care Nursing 33,500 (1991) Oxfam 1. Gaza blood bank project 78,715 (1989–92) 2. Water reclamation development project 113,670 (1989–92) Quaker Peace and Service 1. Training women as health workers in village clinics 7,197 (1990–91) Save The Children Fund 1. Physiotherapy training 97,300 (1988–91) 2. Revolving loan fund for small farmers and business 240,000 (1990–91) 3. Provision of kindergarten in Nablus refugee camp 42,000 (1991–93) 4. Care of disabled children 18,000 (1991–93) 5. Assistance to women's self-help activities 45,000 (1991–93) United Nations Association International Service (UNAIS) 1. Women's Co-operatives development worker 20,744 (1988–91) 2. Business administrative project 20,328 (1990–92) 3. Seed propagation botanist 20,328 (1990–92) 4. Food technology project 20,328 (1990–92) 5. Development research project 20,328 (1990–92) Universities Educational Fund for Palestinian Refugees (UNIFAL) 1. Physiotherapy training at Bethlehem University 9,400 (1989–92) Y Care International (YMCA) 1. Rehabilitation programme for these injured by Intifada 150,000 (1991–93) There is also an ODA contribution of £6 million via the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 1991–92 and a contribution of approximately 19 mecu to the European Community's total aid to the occupied territories for 1991.