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<p>The amount of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds to the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in each calendar year since 2010 is given in the table
below. This data is published each year in the Statistics for International Development
(SID) publication. Figures for 2017 will be released next year.</p><p> </p><p>The
UK remains firmly committed to supporting UNRWA and Palestinian refugees across the
Middle East and we have so far provided around £50 million in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>(£
millions)</em></strong></p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bilateral
ODA through Multilateral</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td><td><p>18.4</p></td><td><p>29.1</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td><p>21.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Core
Multilateral ODA</p></td><td><p>27.0</p></td><td><p>30.5</p></td><td><p>47.5</p></td><td><p>22.9</p></td><td><p>36.6</p></td><td><p>34.0</p></td><td><p>33.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total
UK ODA to UNRWA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.1 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35.0
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53.3 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41.4 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65.7
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64.0 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54.4 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:
</em><em>Statistics for International Development 2010 - 2017</em></p><p> </p><p>ODA
figures are produced only on a calendar year basis in line with the Organisation for
Economic Development and Cooperation, Development Assistance Committee definitions.</p><p>
</p><p>Bilateral ODA through multilateral is funding to multilateral organisations
for specific programmes or for specific countries. Core multilateral ODA describes
un-earmarked funds from national governments which are pooled with other donors’ funding
and disbursed as part of the core budget of the multilateral organisation.</p><p>
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