Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his East African counterparts on the hunger crisis in East Africa; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing £900 million of funding to the UN humanitarian appeals for (a) Ethiopia,(b) Kenya, (c) Somalia and (d) South Sudan.

In FY 2022/23 the UK intends to provide approximately £156 million in humanitarian aid across the region.

The FCDO is prioritising spending that is vital to protect against immediate threat to life and wellbeing and spending that will prevent people falling into humanitarian need. As a priority we will prevent delays to accessing healthcare, primary education, sanitation and clean water. Ministers will make adjustments and final aid prioritisation decisions based on additional Official Development Assistance pressures this autumn.