Written question asked by Bob Blackman (Conservative) on Friday, 15 May 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 May 2026. It was answered by Hamish Falconer (Labour) on Thursday, 21 May 2026 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Palestine: Development Aid

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the then Department for International Development conducted any written assessment of the objective stated in the December 2019 evaluation report for Area C Development Programme Package IV (ENI/2017/384-622), which received €970,000 of direct DFID funding, against UK Official Development Assistance criteria.

Answer: Documentation related to the Area C Development Programme is available on DevTracker at: DevTracker Programme GB-1-203452 - https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/programme/GB-1-203452/documents. Value for money is embedded across all of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's work. We employ robust systems and frameworks, and continuously review our programmes to ensure effectiveness, equality and non-discrimination, and the responsible use of UK taxpayers' money.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 1666
Session: 2026-27
Grouped for answer: Yes
Subjects: Development aid Department for International Development Palestine
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk