Written question asked by Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party) on Thursday, 9 January 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 January 2025. It was answered by Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 January 2025 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Gaza and West Bank: Humanitarian Aid

Question: To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided for medical aid to Gaza and the West Bank since the start of the current conflict there.

Answer: The UK has now announced £112 million for the Occupied Palestinian Territories this financial year, including £41 million for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), providing vital services to civilians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Palestinian refugees across the region delivered through partner agencies. This includes healthcare delivery. As part of this total, since July 2024 we have announced £5.5 million for UK-Med to operate field hospitals in Gaza, £6 million for UNICEF to support vulnerable families in Gaza by restoring water supply and sanitation systems, in addition to £1 million to support the Egyptian Ministry of Health to care for medically evacuated Palestinians, and £6 million to both United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Food Programme to support lifesaving health, food, water, sanitation and protection services for Palestinians. Our funding to UK-Med has allowed them to treat over 300,000 people since the start of the conflict.

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