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Palestinians: Overseas Aid

Question for Department for International Development

UIN 146099, tabled on 21 May 2018

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial assistance her Department has given to projects in Palestine in each of the last ten years.

Answered on

29 May 2018

This answer is a correction from the original answer.

DFID’s Official Development Assistance directly to West Bank and Gaza Strip 2007 to 2016

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

£26.8m

£74.4m

£81.0m

£85.0m

£103.6m

£82.8m

£82.3m

£111.9m

£75.1m

£43.9m

This includes DFID’s bilateral ODA to the West Bank and Gaza Strip including DFID’s contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for basic services and protection for Palestine refugees in the region. In the National Statistics “ Statistics on International Development” the UNRWA contribution is included in DFID’s multilateral ODA total. This is due to the OECD DAC international code rules.

Original answer

DFID’s Official Development Assistance directly to West Bank and Gaza Strip 2007 to 2016

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

£11.2m

£55.4m

£56.1m

£58.0m

£120.5m

£58.3m

£95.9m

£109.4m

£41.4m

£43.9m

This includes DFID’s bilateral ODA to the West Bank and Gaza Strip including DFID’s contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for basic services and protection for Palestine refugees in the region. In the National Statistics “ Statistics on International Development” the UNRWA contribution is included in DFID’s multilateral ODA total. This is due to the OECD DAC international code rules.