Developing Countries: Asylum

Tuesday 8th October 2013 Ministerial Corrections

[Jim Sheridan]

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, column 280W, on Syria, what assessment she has made of the ability of UNRWA to provide for young disabled refugees.

[Official Report, 5 September 2013, Vol. 567, c. 461W.]

Letter of correction from Justine Greening:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Jim Sheridan) on 5 September 2013.

The full answer given was as follows:

[Justine Greening]

The UK is funding the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) to support vulnerable people in Palestine, including disabled people affected by the crisis in Syria. This crisis in Syria has placed a huge strain on an already overstretched UNRWA. They are operating in extremely difficult and dangerous conditions and the security situation remains unstable.

The correct answer should have been:

[Justine Greening]

The UK is funding the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) to support vulnerable Palestinians, including disabled people affected by the crisis in Syria. This crisis in Syria has placed a huge strain on an already overstretched UNRWA. They are operating in extremely difficult and dangerous conditions and the security situation remains unstable.