§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How much they have spent in each of the last three years in providing artificial limbs (for mine victims) for fitting by the International Committee of the Red Cross and other humanitarian organisations.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey):In the last three years we have given some £23 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (£6.5 million in 1992, £7.4 million in 1993 and £9 million in 1994). As contributions to ICRC are normally in response to broad-based country or regional appeals, it is not possible to distinguish how much of this has been spent on artificial limbs for mine victims. We have also provided assistance to artificial limb projects run by such NGOs as HelpAge International, Sandy Gall's Afghanistan Appeal, Handicap International and the Ryder-Cheshire Foundation.