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943935

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 141795, on Palestinians: Overseas Aid, which the auditing body was that was charged with carrying out the independent financial audit.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	165443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Financial audits are carried out on all individual DFID programmes operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). The body carrying out the audits, and the terms of reference for these audits vary depending on the DFID programme in operation in the OPTs, however all programmes receive full independent financial audits to provide assurance to DFID that disbursed funds are spent and managed in line with agreed programme activities. The overall DFID OPTs programme portfolio is also subject to the regular audit cycle of DFID’s Internal Audit Department and the National Audit Office.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 16:09:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

943016

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 141795, on Palestinians: Overseas Aid, what the terms of engagement are for that independent financial audit.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	164830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Financial audits are carried out on all individual DFID programmes operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). The body carrying out the audits, and the terms of reference vary depending on the DFID programme, however all independent financial audits provide assurance to DFID that funds are spent and managed in line with agreed programme activities. The overall DFID OPTs portfolio is also subject to the regular audit cycle of DFID’s Internal Audit Department and the National Audit Office.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 15:00:38 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

900156

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Middle East of 18 April 2018, Official Report, column 309, how and by whom spending is audited to ensure that there is no diversion to fund terrorist tunnels or other terrorist activity.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	141672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID has a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and has robust controls against the diversion of aid including towards terrorist activity. These include extensive due diligence of partners, mapping the flow of our funds and where required, tight earmarking of funds. DFID’s project spending in the OPTs is subject to annual, independent financial audit. The overall programme is also subject to the regular audit cycle of DFID's Internal Audit Department and the National Audit Office. DFID complies with UK and international counter terrorism legislation and our funding agreements commit partners to understand and comply with international counter terrorism legislation.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/05/2018 13:39:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

833026

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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, when her Department will make its next assessment of the Palestinian Authority's compliance with the Partnership Principles set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the Palestinian Authority.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	125342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>HMG officials will complete a review of the Palestinian Authority's (PA) commitment to the Partnership Principles before the next annual Memorandum of Understanding dialogue with the PA. The date of the next dialogue has not yet been confirmed, but is likely to be completed in the first half of 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 01/02/2018 14:10:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

802564

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and her Department, what discussions her Department has had with the PA on its funding for summer camps in which children performed mock stabbing attacks.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	118114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>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 avoid actions that could incite violence or hatred. The UK continues to urge the Palestinian leadership to uphold this principle. I raised the issue of incitement with senior Palestinian counterparts during my recent visit. The UK government strongly condemns all forms of violence and incitement to violence.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/12/2017 18:13:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

773263

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
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, with reference to the Memorandum of Understanding between her Department and the Palestinian Authority (PA), signed in 2014, what discussions her Department has had with the PA on the use of funding provided under that Memorandum for payments made to the family of Nimr Mahmoud Ahmed Al-Jamal.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	108372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>No UK aid is used for payments to Palestinian prisoners or their families. UK financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority is only used to help to pay the salaries of health and education public servants in the West Bank. Only named public servants from a pre-approved EU list are eligible and a robust verification system validates that funds are used for the intended purposes. The UK government strongly condemns all forms of violence.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2017 16:30:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

770023

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
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, with reference to the memorandum of understanding between the Palestinian Authority and her Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Palestinian Authority on its funding for summer camps in which children performed mock stabbing attacks.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	107709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>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 avoid actions that could incite violence or hatred. The UK continues to urge the Palestinian leadership to uphold this principle. I raised the issue of incitement with senior Palestinian counterparts during my recent visit.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/10/2017 16:49:27 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

708589

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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, with reference to her announcement on 16 December 2016 on future UK support to the Palestinian Territories, whether any of the teachers and other essential education public servants on the vetted list whose salaries are paid by her Department are (a) employed at, (b) oversee and (c) are responsible for the administration of the (i) Dalal Mughrabi High School for Girls in Gaza, (ii) Dalal Mughrabi High School for Girls at Al-Shuyoukh, Hebron, (iii) Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School for Girls near Hebron, (iv) Shadia Abu Ghazaleh School for Girls in Gaza, (v) Shadia Abu Ghazalah High School for Boys in Jabaliya, (vi) Kalil Al-Wazir [Abu Jihad] Elementary School for Girls in Hebron, (vii) Abu Jihad High School for Boys in Arabe, Jenin, (viii) Abu Jihad High School for Boys in Hebron, (ix) Amin Al-Husseini Elementary School in El-Bireh, (x) Salah Khalaf Elementary School in Gaza, (xi) Salah Khalaf Junior High School in Gaza, (xii) Salah Khalaf Elementary School for Boys in Al-Yamoun, (xiii) Martyr Ahmed Yassin School for Boys in Jenin, (xiv) Abu Ali Iyad High School for Girls in Qalqilya, (xv) Martyr Nash'at Abu Jabara High School for Girls in Tulkarem, (xvi) Abu Ali Mustafa Elementary School for Boys in Jenin, (xvii) Abu Ali Mustafa Elementary School for Girls in Jenin, (xviii) Hassan Salameh Elementary School in Gaza, (xix) Hassan Salameh Junior High School for Girls in Gaza, (xx) Mustafa Hafez Elementary School for Boys in Khan Younis, (xxi) Mustafa Hafez School in Gaza, (xxii) Martyr Izzat Abu Al-Rubb High School in Jenin, (xxiii) Martyr Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam High School for Boys in Qaa'bad, (xxiv) Martyr Izz Al-Din [Al-Qassam] Elementary School in Jenin and (xxv) Martyr Saddam Hussein School in Yaabad.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	66573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>UK funding contributes to the salaries of all vetted health and education Palestinian Authority public servants on the EU PEGASE list, including PA teachers in the West Bank regardless of which school they are employed in. No UK funding goes to public servants working in Gaza, including in schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/03/2017 17:21:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

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