Written question asked by Gary Streeter (Conservative) on Monday, 26 April 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 April 1999. It was answered by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour) on Thursday, 29 April 1999 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the additional £20 million funding recently announced by her Department for the Kosovar refugees is being spent. - Includes ref to details of assistance provided by DFID in Library.

Answer: Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how the additional £20 million funding recently announced by her Department for the Kosovar refugees is being spent. [82668] Mr. Foulkes: We are funding airlifts and the necessary logistical support to overcome the constraints on delivering international assistance into the region and to internal movements of supplies. We have put in aircraft handling teams at Tirana and Skopje airports and a trucking convoy operation from Durres port in Albania. We are working with NATO and UNHCR to establish and run refugee centres in Albania and Macedonia. We have provided specialist personnel to strengthen agency capacity in key areas such as healthcare and camp security and have also funded a range of projects of international agencies and NGOs. Full details of the assistance provided by DFID have been deposited in the Library of the House.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 330 c253W;330 c248-9W; 82668
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Humanitarian aid International organisations Refugees NATO Kosovo UN High Commissioner for Refugees Non-governmental organisations