Asked by: Julie Elliott (Labour - Sunderland Central)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role his Department will have in negotiations on the UK's exit from the EU.
Answered by Alan Duncan
The Department for Exiting the European Union is the lead department for such matters. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and DExEU are working closely together to get the best possible deal for the British people.
Asked by: Julie Elliott (Labour - Sunderland Central)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Yemen following the air strike on a funeral hall in Sana'a on 8 October 2016.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
We are very concerned with the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Yemen is now one of the most serious humanitarian crises in the world. One fifth of the world's total population in need of humanitarian aid live in Yemen (21 million, 82% of the population). On 21 September the Secretary of State for International Development, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Mrs Patel) announced an additional package of £37 million support to Yemen, which will bring the UK's total humanitarian funding for the crisis to £100 million this year. The UK is the fourth largest donor to the Yemen crisis. So far this calendar year (since January) the UK has provided £54 million in humanitarian support to Yemen, which has contributed to projects within the 2016 Humanitarian Response Plan. We have so far helped more than 1.3 million Yemenis with food, medical supplies, water, and emergency shelter.