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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2018-07-19more like thismore than 2018-07-19
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 remove filter
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading UNRWA: Finance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the funding shortfall for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees on front line services in (a) the West Bank, (b) Gaza, (c) Jordan, (d) Lebanon and (e) Syria. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Northfield more like this
tabling member printed
Richard Burden more like this
uin 166060 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-07-24more like thismore than 2018-07-24
answer text <p>UNRWA has a twin-track approach to addressing the funding shortfall: raising additional money from donors; and identifying those programme ‎activities which can be merged with its core activities or reviewing non-core activities which can be picked up by other providers. The UK supports UNRWA’s approach, and has increased our funding for UNRWA this year to £38.5 million so far.</p><p>Emergency Appeal activities currently being reviewed are:</p><p>1. West Bank</p><ul><li><p>Emergency interventions such as cash for work activities, community mental health and mobile health work;</p></li></ul><p>2. Gaza</p><ul><li><p>Community mental health programmes and the job creation project;</p></li></ul><p>3. Jordan &amp; Lebanon</p><ul><li><p>Palestinian refugees from Syria in Jordan and Lebanon will continue to receive UNRWA support, and the delivery of UNRWA’s core services are funded until late August;</p></li></ul><p>4. Syria</p><ul><li>UNRWA core services are currently funded until late August, and emergency services are secure until the end of 2018.</li></ul>
answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Alistair Burt more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-07-24T11:15:54.947Zmore like thismore than 2018-07-24T11:15:54.947Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Alistair Burt more like this
tabling member
301
label Biography information for Richard Burden more like this