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Development Aid

Commons · Question 88263 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what safeguards are in place to ensure that UK funding to (a) UNRWA and (b) other multilateral agencies is used (i) responsibly and (ii) effectively.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 18 Nov 2025

The UK supports the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) both politically and financially, recognising its vital role in delivering humanitarian aid and services in Gaza and the wider region, and the histo...