Lord Polak – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Polak on 2016-09-08.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the total values of UK aid disbursements in the Palestinian territories given for the purpose of (1) legal assistance, and (2) promoting peaceful co-existence, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
In each of the last five years the UK has provided the following support for legal assistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs):
|
Year |
Disbursement |
|
2012/2013 |
£340,000 |
|
2013/2014 |
£2,011,000 |
|
2014/2015 |
£2,550,000 |
|
2015/2016 |
£2,655,000 |
|
2016/2017 |
£1,000,000* |
|
Total |
£8,556,000 |
*as this is the current financial year, this figure is subject to change.
The DFID Secretary of State is currently considering options for co-existence programmes as part of a wider examination of DFID’s programme in the OPTs. The FCO has supported several co-existence projects in Israel.
