Written questions

Gaza: Children

Lords · Question HL5040 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 28 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno

To ask His Majesty's Government how many children in Gaza have been identified as "wounded child, no surviving family".

Answer

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury, 28 Feb 2025

While we do not hold this specific information, the International Rescue Committee estimates that at least 17,000 children are estimated to be unaccompanied or separated from their parents in Gaza. The plight of children affected by the war in Gaza is dee...