Middle East: Overseas Aid

(asked on 4th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

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.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 11th January 2019

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.

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