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<p>No UK aid is used for prisoner payments or the fund to which you refer. UK aid
to the Palestinian Authority (PA) is used exclusively to pay the salaries of vetted
health and education public servants, including teachers, doctors and nurses, in the
West Bank. Our money goes into a special, dedicated bank account before being paid
to individuals who have been vetted in advance through the European Union Palestinian-European
Socio-Economic Management Assistance Mechanism (PEGASE), ensuring UK funding is not
diverted. The UK has never allocated aid to the Martyrs Fund to which you refer and
we have always had financial safeguards in place to ensure UK aid reaches the intended
beneficiaries. UK aid to the PA in 2018 helped immunise up to 3,700 children, provide
around 185,000 medical consultations, and educate around 24,000 young Palestinians.</p>
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