Publication - FOI/EIR release

Funds sent to Gaza: FOI release

Published: 28 March 2024
Directorate: External Affairs Directorate
Topic: International, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202400399962
Date received: 20 February 2024
Date responded: 12 March 2024

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Information requested

In relation to the £750,000 of aid given to Gaza:

Was this sum in the original budget for 2023-24?
If not, was the sum (or excess) taken from another planned spend or from another department?
What was the original planned spend per territory for 2023-24?

Response

The answer to your request is that these funds were approved by the Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development and came from the Directorate for External Affairs (DEXA) 2023/24 budget.

There was no planned spend for any of the Occupied Palestinian Territories for 2023/24.

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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