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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

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

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

824034

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their announcement on 16 November 2016 concerning future UK support to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, how much funding they provided to the Palestinian Authority in (1) 2016–17, and (2) 2017–18; what was the reason for any significant change in the level of that funding; and whether there has been any shift in UK policy towards such funding.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL4777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2016/17 we provided £25 million of financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA). Figures for 2017/18 will be published after the end of the financial year. UK financial assistance to the PA continues to be provided in accordance with the Government response, “Future UK support to the Occupied Palestinian Territories” published on 16 December 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/01/2018 16:52:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

685349

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to undertake a comprehensive review of the current needs of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, Jordan and Lebanon.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is currently conducting an examination of DFID’s programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). It will look at how best to meet the needs of Palestinians, including refugees in the region.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/02/2017 15:45:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton