Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

(asked on 14th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support organisations providing urgent medical supplies and child health services in Ukraine.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 21st March 2022

The UK has now committed £395 million in aid to the current crisis. This includes £220 million of humanitarian assistance which will be used to save lives and protect vulnerable people inside Ukraine and in neighbouring countries. It will also be used to support refugees, including children, fleeing Ukraine, through the provision of logistics, advice and analysis of needs on the ground. £25 million has been given to the Disasters Emergency Committee, the largest UK aid match ever, which will help aid agencies respond to the deteriorating humanitarian situation by providing access to basic necessities and medical supplies. To date, we have contributed £3.5 million to provide medical supplies to Ukraine. Nine flights with supplies have been sent containing over 700,000 UK medical items. UK Government humanitarian experts have also deployed to the region to support those fleeing the violence. As of 15 March, 2.97 million people are known to have fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries, according to UNHCR [link: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine].

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