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1225540

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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: Development 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 2019-20 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between her Department and the Palestinian Authority, what assessment her Department made in 2019-20 of the compliance of the Palestinian Authority with the commitments in that MOU; and what representations her Department has made to the Palestinian Authority on compliance with that MOU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	75190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>Our partnership with the Palestinian Authority (PA) is underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and DFID’s ‘partnership principles’. We have an active dialogue with the PA on the issues identified through these channels and we assess that the PA continues to demonstrate a credible commitment to our agreements and the ‘partnership principles’.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 75191 question first answered 21/07/2020 15:08:04 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1225541

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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: Development 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 2018-19 Memorandum of Understanding between her Department and the Palestinian Authority, what assessment her Department made in 2018-19 of whether there had been any breach by the Palestinian Authority of the commitments set out in the MoU; and what discussions her Department had with the Authority on the importance of transparency and compliance with those commitments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	75191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>Our partnership with the Palestinian Authority (PA) is underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and DFID’s ‘partnership principles’. We have an active dialogue with the PA on the issues identified through these channels and we assess that the PA continues to demonstrate a credible commitment to our agreements and the ‘partnership principles’.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 75190 question first answered 21/07/2020 15:08:04 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1217561

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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: Curriculum
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 2019-20 Memorandum of Understanding between her Department and the Palestinian Authority, what assessment she has made of the Palestinian Authority's progress on curriculum reform.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	64065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Our partnership with the Palestinian Authority (PA) is underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding and our ‘partnership principles’. We continue to judge that the PA is demonstrating a credible commitment to this Memorandum and the ‘partnership principles’.</p><p>We are pleased the PA is currently revising its textbooks and hopes to update them before the start of the new school year in September. I most recently discussed progress of the PA’s review with the Minister for Education on 4 June.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 01/07/2020 15:53:05 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1217562

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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: Development 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 2019-20 Memorandum of Understanding between her Department and the Palestinian Authority, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the steps taken by the Authority to ensure that funding allocated by her Department was not used to cover payments made to prisoners or their families.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	64066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <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 who have been 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. This rigorous process means we are confident no UK aid is being diverted.</p><p>Our partnership with the PA is underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding and our ‘partnership principles’. We continue to judge that the PA is demonstrating a credible commitment to DFID’s partnership principles. Our partnership works to improve the lives of Palestinians and support the UK’s commitment to maintain the viability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 64067 question first answered 01/07/2020 15:54:05 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1217563

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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: Development 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 2018-19 Memorandum of Understanding between her Department and the Palestinian Authority what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Palestinian Authority’s efforts to ensure that funding from her Department was not used to cover payments made to prisoners or their families as administered by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	64067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <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 who have been 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. This rigorous process means we are confident no UK aid is being diverted.</p><p>Our partnership with the PA is underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding and our ‘partnership principles’. We continue to judge that the PA is demonstrating a credible commitment to DFID’s partnership principles. Our partnership works to improve the lives of Palestinians and support the UK’s commitment to maintain the viability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 64066 question first answered 01/07/2020 15:54:05 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1217564

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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: Textbooks
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 11 May 2020 to Question 42246, on what date she expects the George Eckert Institute to deliver its interim report.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	64068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Following UK calls for action, our European partners commissioned the Georg Eckert Institute to conduct an independent review of Palestinian textbooks, which is currently underway.</p><p>We understand the report has been delayed due to COVID-19. We have regular discussions with our European Partners on the review and we continue to encourage the EU to finalise the interim report as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 01/07/2020 15:55:08 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1217565

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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: Textbooks
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 11 May 2020 to Question 42246 on Palestinians: Textbooks, by what date she expects the internal panel of researchers to complete their analysis.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	64069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Our three-year People to People programme aimed to bring together Israelis and Palestinians to cooperate on issues which can have a positive impact on both communities, helping to build understanding between people on both sides of the conflict in support of a peaceful, negotiated resolution.</p><p>The research component for this programme seeks to look more broadly at the impact of People to People work on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to build the evidence base in this area – something that is presently limited. To ensure a thorough analysis of this programme, an internal panel is reviewing the report. Work on this is currently underway and the panel hopes to complete its review by Autumn this year.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 01/07/2020 15:56:16 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1192268

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Textbooks
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 Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 272116 on Palestinians: schools, whether the initial international review covering the first 70 textbooks will be published in Spring 2020; and when that review will be placed in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	42246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK government is deeply concerned about allegations of incitement in Palestinian Authority’s school textbooks.</p><p>Following UK calls for action, we secured agreement from European partners to commission the Georg Eckert Institute to conduct an independent review, which is currently underway. We expect an interim report by June, with a full report later in the year.</p><p>We have regular discussions with our European Partners on the Review and we continue to encourage the EU to publish the report. The issue was most recently raised on 18 February by the UK Consul General Jerusalem with the EU Representative in Jerusalem.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 41933 question first answered 11/05/2020 16:44:02 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1192269

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) UK direct or (b) multilateral aid to the Palestinian Authority provides any financial or in-kind support to schools named after terrorists.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	42247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>UK bilateral support to the Palestinian Authority contributes to the salaries of teachers in the West Bank who have been carefully vetted through the Palestinian-European Socio-Economic Management Assistance (PEGASE) mechanism. We do not monitor where individual teachers are deployed, which is a matter for the Palestinian Authority.</p><p>Our multilateral support is channelled through Education Cannot Wait and the British Council, who have strong risk management systems in place to ensure that UK aid best supports the provision of quality education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We have raised our concerns about school naming at senior levels within the Palestinian Authority and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 14/05/2020 15:58:09 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1192271

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to renew support for the People for Peaceful Change Project.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	42248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Our three-year People to People programme aimed to bring together Israelis and Palestinians to cooperate on issues which can have a positive impact on both communities, helping to build understanding between people on both sides of the conflict in support of a peaceful, negotiated resolution.</p><p>The programme includes a research component that is looking more broadly at the impact of People to People work on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to build the evidence base in this area, which is presently limited. An internal panel of researchers is in the process of analysing the findings. Once this work is complete, we will use the research to inform decisions on future programming in this area. We will seek to publish the research results in due course.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 42249 question first answered 12/05/2020 16:00:30 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe