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.