Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 13 November 2023.
Claire Hanna
Social Democratic and Labour Party, Belfast South
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of humanitarian aid required in Gaza; and whether the Government plans to increase the UK's humanitarian aid contribution in response to the ongoing situation in Gaza.
David Rutley
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury), Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The United Nations assesses that 2.3 million people in Gaza need access to safe drinking water and food. Current supplies are running out, one third of hospitals have been forced to shut down, and 1.5 million people are displaced. The FCDO is actively engaging with the international humanitarian system to address this current humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We continue to engage regularly and closely with Israeli counterparts to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza.
The UK Government has already announced £30 million in humanitarian funding and has sent more than 51 tonnes of emergency relief for civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). This funding will support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The UK is continuously assessing needs and advocating for access routes to be established into Gaza and supporting humanitarian pauses where they help aid to enter.
Yes5 people think so
No4 people think not
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