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1698286

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date	25/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Hamas: UNRWA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports (1) that the car park of UNRWA’s headquarters in Gaza sank in 2014 as a result of subterranean terror infrastructure, and (2) that UNRWA did not investigate this sinking.
tabling member printed	Lord Mott
uin	HL3590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK takes allegations of neutrality violations seriously including any incidents related to UN installations. This is something we monitor closely in our annual assessment of UNRWA. When violations have been identified in the past, UNRWA has taken action including raising the issue with relevant parties.</p><p>We are aware that the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services and Catherine Colonna have now provided their interim reports to the UN Secretary-General. Their independent investigations include assessment of the policies and systems UNRWA has in place to ensure neutrality.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3591 question first answered 12/04/2024 09:46:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4984 label Biography information for Lord Mott

1698289

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date	25/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: South West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which specific counties are included within the term "the west country of England" when they refer to this region.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2024 answer text <p>The West Country is not an official region, but could be loosely and approximately defined to match the South West region. The West of England, covers a much smaller area, focussed around the Greater Bristol and Bath city region. The West of England Combined Authority is made up of the following local authority areas: South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Bath &amp; North East Somerset.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 11/04/2024 09:14:45 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1698297

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ismail Haniyeh
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was an UNRWA teacher.
tabling member printed	Lord Shinkwin
uin	HL3601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK takes allegations of neutrality violations seriously including any allegations related to Hamas' involvement in UNWRA's education provision. This is something we monitor closely in our annual assessment of UNRWA. When violations have been identified in the past, UNRWA has taken action including raising the issue with relevant parties.</p><p>We are aware that the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services and Catherine Colonna have now provided their interim reports to the UN Secretary-General. Their independent investigations include assessment of the policies and systems UNRWA has in place to ensure neutrality.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/04/2024 09:44:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4557 label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin

1698307

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	UNRWA: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they provided to UNRWA in each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL3611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK provided the following funding to UNRWA in each of the last five financial years:</p><p>FY 2019 - 20: £65.5 million</p><p>FY 2020 - 21: £65 million</p><p>FY 2021 - 22: £11 million</p><p>FY 2022 - 23: £18.7 million</p><p>FY 2023 - 24: £35 million</p><p>The UK provided £35 million to UNRWA this financial year, including an uplift of £16 million for the Gaza humanitarian response, all of which was disbursed before the recent allegations came to light. No more British funding is due this financial year and we have paused any future funding of UNRWA.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/04/2024 09:37:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme