Apr. 02 2024
Source Page: Public funds to Palestine, Gaza or Hamas: FOI releaseFound: Public funds to Palestine, Gaza or Hamas: FOI release
Mar. 27 2024
Source Page: Lord Ahmad visits Egypt for talks on getting more aid into Gaza and steps for achieving a sustainable peaceFound: leading to a sustainable peace and irreversible steps towards a two-state solution with Israel and Palestine
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what proportion of his Department's aid to Gaza is channelled through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
UK funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was disbursed before the allegations that UNRWA employees were involved in the appalling 7 October terror attack against Israel came to light. No more British funding is due this financial year and we are pausing any future funding of UNRWA.
The UK provided £16 million this financial year to UNRWA's Flash Appeal in response to the Gaza Crisis, which constitutes 22% of the UK's total humanitarian allocations to Gaza. Our decision to pause future funding to UNRWA has had no impact on the UK's contribution to the humanitarian response. We are doing everything we can to get more aid into Gaza as quickly as possible by land, sea and air, working with partners including the British Red Cross, UNICEF, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Egyptian Red Crescent Society to respond to critical food, fuel, water, health, shelter and security needs in Gaza.
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what proportion of UK aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is spent on (a) food, (b) medicines, (c) other essentials, (d) salaries and (e) other costs for (i) UNRWA personnel and (ii) other employees.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
UK funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was disbursed before the allegations that UNRWA employees were involved in the appalling 7 October terror attack against Israel came to light. No more British funding is due this financial year and we are pausing any future funding of UNRWA.
We provided £19 million of unearmarked funding this financial year to UNRWA's programme budget. This enabled UNRWA to deliver education, health, relief and social services and protection to 5.9 million Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. The UK also provided £16 million to UNRWA's Flash Appeal in response to the Gaza Crisis, supporting UNRWA to deliver humanitarian assistance, food, shelter, and non-food items for refugees in Gaza.
Our decision to pause future funding to UNRWA has no impact on the UK's contribution to the humanitarian response.
Our commitment to trebling aid to Gaza still stands and we are supporting partners including the British Red Cross, UNICEF, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Egyptian Red Crescent Society to respond to critical food, fuel, water, health, shelter and security needs in Gaza.
Written Evidence Mar. 26 2024
Inquiry: Defending DemocracyFound: renewed scrutiny in October last year in the context of mis/disinformation relating to the Israel/Palestine
Mar. 26 2024
Source Page: We need to begin to focus on how we chart the way towards a sustainable peace, without a return to fighting: UK statement at the UN Security CouncilFound: horizon which provides a credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution, with Israel and Palestine
Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: Syria and Lebanon are, but then you have Israel-Palestine, which particularly now we are dealing with
Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: Syria and Lebanon are, but then you have Israel-Palestine, which particularly now we are dealing with
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Palestinians that provides a credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution of Israel and Palestine - Speech Link
2: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) which must be supported internationally, alongside the need for a two-state solution with Israel and Palestine - Speech Link
3: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) Surely only an immediate permanent ceasefire will afford the people of Palestine the opportunity to lift - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) He will know that it is a central aim of Government policy to ensure that both Israel and Palestine can - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Palestinians that provides a credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution of Israel and Palestine - Speech Link