Yemen: Fuels

(asked on 19th February 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to reduce fuel insecurity in Yemen.


Answered by
Desmond Swayne Portrait
Desmond Swayne
This question was answered on 25th February 2016

The UK is the 4th largest donor to the crisis in Yemen and has more than doubled its humanitarian support over the last year to £85 million for 2015/16. We have so far helped more than 1.3 million Yemenis with medical supplies, food, water, and emergency shelter.

Yemen is highly dependent on commercial imports for essential fuel supplies. That is why one of our top priorities is working to help commercial shipping return to pre-conflict levels. We welcome the progress made on maritime access in recent months, but more needs to be done. DFID is providing £1.42m of support to the UN’s Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) which will help speed up checks for commercial cargo, including fuel, entering Yemen and increase commercial confidence to get markets working again and lower very high commodity prices.

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