Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department provided (a) directly and (b) indirectly to the Palestinian Authority in each of the last 10 years.

UK direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority over the past ten financial years is as follows:

Information about indirect UK support for the Palestinian Authority through the EU can be found at

http://eeas.europa.eu/palestine/ec_assistance/index_en.htm. The UK contribution to the EU development budget is approximately 15%.