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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

578573

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 what were the total values of UK aid disbursements in the Palestinian territories given for the purpose of (1) legal assistance, and (2) promoting peaceful co-existence, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Polak
uin	HL1717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>In each of the last five years the UK has provided the following support for legal assistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Disbursement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£340,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£2,011,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£2,550,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>£2,655,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£8,556,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*as this is the current financial year, this figure is subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>The DFID Secretary of State is currently considering options for co-existence programmes as part of a wider examination of DFID’s programme in the OPTs. The FCO has supported several co-existence projects in Israel.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/09/2016 12:09:34 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4547 label Biography information for Lord Polak

578574

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, in the light of the reports of a senior World Vision official in Gaza diverting funds to Hamas, what steps they are taking to ensure that UK aid given to projects in Gaza and the West Bank is not misappropriated.
tabling member printed	Lord Polak
uin	HL1718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The recent allegations against the senior World Vision official in Gaza are deeply concerning. DFID does not fund World Vision operations in Gaza or the Occupied Palestinian Territories more widely. DFID’s programmes are subject to stringent safeguards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/09/2016 12:12:02 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4547 label Biography information for Lord Polak