Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2017 to Question 901233, on Israel: Palestinians, if she will publish the application process for individual projects seeking funding from Search for Common Ground.

Ministers opted to fund Search for Common Ground (SFCG) directly as the overarching implementing partner of our new people-to-people programme to ensure delivery of a programme focused on three strategic areas: youth, religious communities and health. This approach will enable us to deliver an inter-connected programme, testing the effectiveness of different approaches and building evidence on what works. SFCG has selected project partners using the criteria as outlined in my answer to Question 108895.