Occupied Territories: Overseas Aid

Department for International Development written question – answered at on 20 October 2017.

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Photo of Richard Burden Richard Burden Labour, Birmingham, Northfield

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2017 to Question 106502, what process she used in reviewing aid to the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and on what evidence she made decisions on which programmes to close and which to continue.

Photo of Alistair Burt Alistair Burt Minister of State (Department for International Development) (Joint with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development)

The Secretary of State’s decisions on which programmes to close and which to continue were based on alignment to UK Government objectives on the Middle East Peace Process, performance and impact, value for money and the safeguarding of UK taxpayers’ funds. This has resulted in a portfolio with a stronger focus on delivering essential services to the most vulnerable Palestinians and Palestinian refugees. Evidence was gathered from individual programme annual reviews and considered alongside advice from officials.

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