Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to help to support food-insecure people in South Sudan.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
Due to the severity and protracted nature of the food security crisis in South Sudan, DFID has signed multi-year agreements with the World Food Programme and the International Committee of the Red Cross. This is a cost-effective way of providing emergency food assistance which allows us to reach more people. This year, UK funds have supported between 1.3 and 1.9 million people per month. The UK will continue to be vocal in lobbying the Government of South Sudan and others on facilitating humanitarian access for aid agencies.
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya to support South Sudanese refugees.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The Department for International Development is providing essential humanitarian assistance across the region for South Sudanese refugees, including in Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya. In 2016/17 DFID (via country offices in Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, DRC) have provided an additional £15m in emergency funding to support the South Sudanese refugee response. For example, in Uganda we have vaccinated 185,000 children against meningitis and provided food for one month for 378,000 people. In Ethiopia we have provided safe transport from the border crossing points to the receiving refugee camps. We continue to work with partners to monitor the ongoing situation and needs of South Sudanese refugees.
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to help combat cholera outbreaks in South Sudan.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
DFID is the lead donor to the multi-donor Health Pooled Fund (HPF) in South Sudan which provides primary health services through over 1,000 health facilities in eight of the 10 states in South Sudan. The HPF has supported the cholera outbreak response through the provision of essential medicines, supplies and by setting up cholera treatment centres in the affected states.
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to help support internally displaced South Sudanese refugees.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The UK is the second largest bilateral donor to the humanitarian response in South Sudan. We expect to provide assistance to 3 million people between 2015 and 2020, the majority of whom are internally displaced people, but also those living in the host communities supporting them. Our support will include life-saving food and clean drinking water as well as sanitation, shelter and health care.