Yemen: Overseas Aid

Department for International Development written question – answered at on 18 January 2017.

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Photo of Louise Ellman Louise Ellman Chair, Transport Committee, Chair, Transport Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to increase humanitarian assistance to Yemen; and if she will make a statement.

Photo of Rory Stewart Rory Stewart The Minister of State, Department for International Development

In September 2016, the Secretary of State for International Development, Priti Patel, chaired a high level international event to shine a spotlight on the crisis in Yemen. At the event, donors pledged over $100 million in new funding, including half from a new UK pledge. The UK Government is also matching public donations to the current Disaster Emergency Committee appeal for Yemen, which has so far raised £15 million, including £5 million from the UK Government.

This brings our total commitment to Yemen to over £100 million in humanitarian aid for 2016/17, making us the fourth largest donor. In both 2015 and 2016, UK aid helped over 1 million Yemenis with food, nutrition, water and medical supplies.

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