Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support the recovery (a) Mozambique and (b) other east coast African nations after the recent cyclone which affected those countries.

So far, the UK has provided a package of up to £36m support to the response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. This UK aid funding is supporting the provision of food (through both in-kind assistance and cash transfers) to hundreds of thousands of people; life-saving relief supplies, such as family tents and hygiene kits; and child protection assistance. Up to £4m of UK aid funding will also be used to support the provision of education to affected people in Mozambique following the destruction of schools during the cyclone.