Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to engage with Palestinian civil society groups as part of the provision of UK foreign assistance to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

DFID’s priorities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are to promote economic opportunities, provide humanitarian relief and improve governance. In the course of this work we regularly meet Palestinian civil society organisations such as the local chapter of Transparency International, ALLMEP and Search for Common Ground. We only provide funding to organisations following a rigorous due diligence process.