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Palestinians: Prisoners

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 3885, tabled on 23 June 2015

Question

Andrew Percy
Conservative
Brigg and Goole
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the decision of the Palestinian Authority to pay convicted Palestinian terrorists in Israeli prisons.

Answer

Mr Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
Bournemouth East
Commons

Answered on

29 June 2015

Palestinian Authority (PA) payments to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are made at the request of the Israeli Authorities to meet basic living conditions. No UK or EU money is used for payments to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, or their families. UK funding to the PA is used to pay civil servant salaries only. The UK funds are channelled through a trust fund administered by the World Bank and only named civil servants from a pre-approved list are eligible. The entire process is independently audited, which ensures we know exactly where and how our money is being spent.

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