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UNRWA: Finance

Question for Department for International Development

UIN HL13746, tabled on 14 February 2019

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of the UK’s contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in (1) 2010–11, (2) 2015–16, and (3) 2017–18.

Answered on

26 February 2019

The amount of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for the requested years is given in the table below. This data is published each year in the Statistics on International Development (SID) publication and is presented on a calendar year basis. Figures for 2018 will be released this autumn.

£ (millions)

2010

2011

2015

2016

2017

Total UK ODA to UNRWA per calendar year

29.1

35.0

64.0

54.4

51.0

Source: Statistics for International Development 2009-2017

ODA figures are produced only on a calendar year basis in line with the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation, Development Assistance Committee definitions.