Occupied Territories

(asked on 26th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects funded by her Department in East Jerusalem or the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territories have (a) outstanding stop work orders, (b) outstanding demolition orders and (c) been demolished since 2010; and whether the Government has asked the government of Israel for compensation for destruction of any aid-funded projects.


Answered by
Desmond Swayne Portrait
Desmond Swayne
This question was answered on 3rd December 2014

DFID has not directly funded infrastructure projects in either East Jerusalem or the West Bank since 2010, and as such has not been subject to stop work or demolition orders. The UK has not asked the government of Israel for compensation for destruction of any aid-funded projects.

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