§ Jeremy CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support has been given in each of the past five years to the refugee camps of the Sahrawi people of the Western Sahara. [64860]
§ Clare ShortOur support to the refugees from the Western Sahara is mostly channelled through the European Commission's Humanitarian aid Office (ECHO).
Total ECHO assistance to Sahrawi refugees in the Western Sahara Euro 000 1997 7,000 1998 17,200 1999 7,500 2000 13,935 2001 15,570 Source:
ECHO Global Plan 2002.
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Community prescribing by: Structured: Average waiting time (weeks) by drug action team area In-patient detoxification Specialist GPs Counselling Day care Residential rehabilitation Sunderland 1— 5 1— 6 2 2 Manchester 26 4 2 4 4 4 Birmingham 24 24 8 8 1 4 Teesside Middlesbrough 0 6 4 0 1— 2 Hartlepool 12 10 1— 1— 0 12 Stockton 7 20 1 0 0 7 Central London Camden 5 42 8 3 8 8 City of London 6 23 6 4 1 3 Hackney 4 23 2 2 2 4 Islington 5 41 8 11 7 21 Lambeth 28 25 2 1 8 4 Lewisham 22 5 4 3 8 1— Southwark 29 25 4 3 8 12 Tower Hamlets 10 12 6 6 2 14 Waltham Forest 6 3 1— 0 0 0 Wandsworth 10 2 0 0 4 4 1Information not supplied Approximately 19 per cent. of this support is attributable to contributions from the UK.
We also contribute to the budgets of UNHCR and WFP who cooperate closely with ECHO in providing support to the Sahrawi refugees. In addition in 1997–98 we provided £79,000 in direct humanitarian assistance.