Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Strait of Hormuz closure on humanitarian need and access in Sudan.

The UK continues to work with international partners to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. In the 17 April call hosted by the Prime Minister and President Macron of France with 51 countries and international organisations, the humanitarian impact of the Strait's closure was one of the issues discussed. Humanitarian access into and across Sudan itself remains a key barrier to aid delivery, as set out in the GOV.UK announcement issued on 15 April, and linked to below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-boosts-funding-to-local-responders-to-help-more-than-18-million-people-in-sudans-humanitarian-crisis.