Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2018 to Question 120545, whether the Government provides funding for the salaries of teachers at (a) the Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School in Beit Awwa, near Hebron, (b) the Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School for Girls in Al-Shuyoukh, Hebron, (c) the Dalal Mughrabi High School for Girls in Al-Shuyoukh, Hebron or (d) the Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School for Boys and Girls, Jenin.

UK funding contributes to the salaries of individual vetted health and education Palestinian Authority (PA) public servants on the EU Palestinian-European Socio-Economic Management Assistance Mechanism (PEGASE) list, including PA teachers in the West Bank. It is the PA’s responsibility to deploy these vetted public servants to schools in the West Bank as they see fit. UK funding enables around 25,000 young Palestinians to receive an education annually. The UK government strongly condemns all forms of violence and hatred. Our partnership with the Palestinian Authority includes a commitment from the Palestinian leadership to adhere to the principle of non-violence and to tackle language and actions that could incite violence or hatred.