Yemen: International Assistance

(asked on 6th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much international aid has been (a) allocated and (b) disbursed to support Yemen during the 2021-22 financial year; and what proportion of the overall aid budget that spending represents.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 9th December 2021

The UK has allocated £87 million in aid for Yemen for the financial year 2021-22. As of November 2021, the UK has disbursed 89% (£77.6 million) of this amount. The UK's bilateral aid spending in Yemen represents 0.87% of the total HMG ODA budget of £10 billion for 2021-22.

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