Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the Affordability of Food and Finance programme in Yemen.

Food insecurity and malnutrition levels in Yemen remain severe in 2023: 17 million people currently experience acute food insecurity. With 90% of Yemen's food being imported, exchange rate volatility is a leading factor driving famine risk. Consequently, the FCDO's Affordability of Food & Finance in Yemen (AFFY) programme targets short-term economic stabilisation and conflict-related drivers of food insecurity.

In the longer-term, AFFY aims to support prospects for peace and recovery by laying the groundwork for large-scale recovery and reconstruction funding that would follow a peace settlement. The AFFY programme will spend up to £17 million over 3 years. AFFY sits within our wider portfolio of programmes targeting food insecurity and humanitarian need.