Lisa Cameron – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lisa Cameron on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much support her Department makes available to refugees who have experienced trauma.

Mr Desmond Swayne

DFID provides assistance to refugees through bilateral and central funding to a number of trusted UN and non-governmental organisations.

Many refugees experience psycho-social and psychological trauma and/or distress, and support is provided in many forms of primary and secondary health care that include training in emergency first aid for health care workers, clinical management of rape and counselling support for survivors of sexual violence, mental health care, and also assistance with shelter, legal advice and family reunification for children that have been separated from their families due to forced displacement.