PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Middle East: Overseas Aid (4 January 2019)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much overseas aid the UK provided to (a) Israel and (b) the Palestinian Territories in each of the last five years.
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Answer
Israel is not eligible to receive official development assistance (ODA) according to the international definition controlled by the OECD Development Assistance Committee. The following gives United Kingdom (UK) ODA provided to West Bank and Gaza Strip in the last five years.
Year | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
UK ODA £million | 92.4 | 119.9 | 85.5 | 56.2 | 99.9 |
Source: Statistics on International Development.
Note: These figures include UK funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and funding from all Government Departments, including the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund.
Answered by:
Alistair Burt (Conservative)
11 January 2019
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