Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the World Food Programme statement entitled WFP warns that hunger catastrophe looms in conflict hit Sudan without urgent food assistance, published on 13 December 2023.

The conflict is having a devastating impact on the Sudanese people, with 24.8 million in need of assistance. The UK is providing £36 million in humanitarian aid to Sudan in 2023/2024. We are also helping those fleeing to neighbouring countries, with £7.75 million to South Sudan, this includes a £3.5 million allocation for food security in the Maban refugee camps, and £15 million to Chad. The UK remains fully committed to ensuring safe and unimpeded humanitarian access in Sudan. We are working with the UN, other donors and humanitarian agencies to coordinate the effective delivery of aid. This includes putting pressure on parties to abide by their commitments under International Humanitarian Law and to allow lifesaving humanitarian aid to reach the Sudanese people.