Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have directly funded any British medical personnel to provide medical relief and assistance to Gaza and the West Bank, with a particular focus on medical support for children.

Since the start of the conflict, we have provided £5.5 million in funding to UK-Med, enabling it to provide vital care to over 300,000 Gazans, including critical limb and life-saving surgeries, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation. The UK also supported delivery of the Polio vaccination campaign, both through advocacy and our core funding to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), protecting thousands of vulnerable children across Gaza. We have pressed Israel at senior levels to urgently improve healthcare provision, including significantly increasing medical supplies, and to establish sustained, safe and timely passage for patients who need medical or surgical interventions not available in Gaza.