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<p>No UK aid is used for payments to prisoners or their families or the so called
Martyrs Fund. Our financial support to the Palestinian Authority health and education
sectors goes into a dedicated bank account and is only paid to individual workers
carefully vetted through the PEGASE mechanism (Palestinian-European Socio-Economic
Management Assistance Mechanism). Each payment is independently audited to ensure
it has been received by the intended recipient.</p><p>As is standard practice for
all DFID programmes, we assess value for money for the UK taxpayer annually through
our review process. Last year UK aid enabled 26,000 young Palestinians in the West
Bank to get an education, delivered 3,300 MMR vaccinations for children and enabled
111,000 medical consultations. This is an important contribution towards supporting
a stable Palestinian Authority (PA) that can deliver essential services to Palestinians
and act as an effective partner for peace with Israel.</p>
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