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641829

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they remain committed to continuing British aid for the welfare of the families of Palestinian prisoners and detainees held by Israel, as stated by the Minister of State for the Department for International Development in March 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>No UK aid has been or will be used for payments to Palestinian prisoners or their families. UK assistance to the Palestinian Authority was used to pay the salaries of public sector workers only. The Secretary of State is currently conducting a full examination of UK aid to the OPTs and will ensure financial assistance to the PA gets the best value for money to the UK taxpayer.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/12/2016 17:08:27 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

642342

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which independent auditor vets UK aid to the Palestinian Territories; and whether that auditor is regulated by any UK regulator.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	54121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>All organisations which receive funding from DFID are required to provide independently audited financial statements. The United Nations Board of Auditors provides independent external audit services for UN programmes while competitive bidding processes are conducted to appoint auditors for other programmes.</p><p>Recent audits of DFID’s programmes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) have been conducted by Talal Abu Ghazaleh &amp; Co, El Wafa and Price Waterhouse Cooper. Price Waterhouse Cooper is regulated by the UK’s Financial Reporting Council.</p><p>Talal Abu Ghazaleh &amp; Co and El Wafa are based in Jordan and the OPTs respectively, and are therefore not regulated by any British regulator. The National Audit Office, the principal state audit body in the United Kingdom, also provides independent external audit of DFID’s spending in the OPTs.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/11/2016 16:37:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

637290

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether British aid to Palestine has been frozen in whole or in part; and if so, to what extent, and on what grounds.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK remains firmly committed to providing aid to the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Secretary of State is conducting a full examination of DFID’s programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to ensure that UK taxpayers’ money is spent in the right places and in the right way.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/11/2016 17:30:56 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

621008

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much direct financial assistance the Government plans to give to the Palestinian Authority in financial years (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	50221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK remains firmly committed to supporting the Palestinian Authority to build and strengthen the institutions needed for a two-state solution, which is essential for the prosperity and security of the region. As part of her examination of UK assistance to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the International Development Secretary will ensure this financial support gets the maximum impact and best value for money for the UK taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/10/2016 13:34:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

621009

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which programmes administered by her Department provide financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	50220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is carrying out a full examination of DFID’s programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories including future financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/10/2016 13:29:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

604147

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has suspended, or plans to suspend, funding to the Palestinian territories.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	49040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is conducting a full examination of DFID’s programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to ensure that UK taxpayer’s money is spent in the right places and in the right way.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/10/2016 16:49:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

595949

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to Palestinians displaced by Israeli settlement building and the demolition of Palestinian homes.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	47225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK remains extremely concerned about continued Israeli settlement expansion and the large increase in demolitions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since the start of 2016, compared to the monthly average in 2015. We continue to raise these issues with the Israeli authorities. Demolitions and the evictions of Palestinians from their homes cause unnecessary suffering, are harmful to the peace process, and in all but the most exceptional of cases are contrary to international humanitarian law.</p><p>The UK supports Palestinians facing demolition or eviction and displacement by funding a legal aid programme to help individuals and communities challenge these decisions in the Israeli legal system.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2016 16:58:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

592956

registered interest
date	03/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the consequences to date of the reduction in the foreign aid budget to the Palestinian Authority between 2013 and 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK provided £88 million in financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) from 2013-2016. UK aid has supported the PA to deliver basic services and promote economic growth. The PA continues to face challenges to ensure fiscal stability. As the Development Secretary is new to her role, she is conducting a full examination of DFID’s work in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including UK financial assistance to the PA.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/10/2016 16:45:48 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

583906

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial or other assistance they are making available to the Palestinian territories currently governed by the State of Israel.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2016 answer text <p>DFID provided £72 million in financial year 2015/16 in support of Palestinian development to help build Palestinian institutions, deliver basic services and promote economic development.</p><p>As the Secretary of State has recently taken up her new role, she is conducting a full examination of our work in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) to ensure UK taxpayers’ money is spent in the right places and in the right way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 27/09/2016 13:50:50 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

578572

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide the names of the receiver organisations currently reported as "Supplier Name Withheld" for the £5.49 million in disbursements given to the Norwegian Refugee Council for legal assistance in the West Bank and Gaza from September 2013 to May 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Polak
uin	HL1716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>All disbursements listed on the Development Tracker for the programme entitled ‘Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC): Legal Assistance to prevent demolitions and displacement in the OPTs’ have been made directly to the NRC, which is the supplier for this programme. Due to a technical issue inherent in the Development Tracker management information system, some supplier names appear as withheld when in fact they should be published. Our central management information team is working on a solution to this problem.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/09/2016 12:02:10 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4547 label Biography information for Lord Polak