Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to tackle food insecurity in Sudan.

The conflict is having a devastating impact on Sudanese populations, with 20.3 million people - 42 per-cent of the population - in need of urgent food assistance. In November, at the Global Food Security Summit in London, the UK pledged a further £14.3 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan, bringing our total support package to £36 million for 2023-2024, which includes some nutrition assistance. On 4 May, the UK Government announced £5 million of life-saving aid to help meet the urgent needs of refugees and returnees in South Sudan and Chad who have fled the violence in Sudan. This included, in Chad, £1.75 million for the World Food Programme to preposition food before seasonal floods and, in South Sudan, £1.5 million for the World Food Programme for food in border areas.