Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department provided humanitarian funding and assistance to Indonesia in response to the earthquakes in that country in February 2022.

The Indonesian Government did not formally request bilateral assistance following the earthquake in West Sumatra in February 2022. The UK-based and Non-Governmental Organisation managed Start Fund did allocate funds for humanitarian assistance in response to the earthquake. The UK is a major contributor to the Start Fund centrally. UK officials remain in close contact with the Indonesian authorities and aid partners who manage and monitor disaster response in Indonesia. This includes the Indonesia National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).