Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding, if any, they intend to provide to support water and sanitation projects by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria.

The UK is funding UN and NGO partners to address vital water, hygiene and sanitation needs throughout Syria. Last year alone, our support meant that over 4 million people across Syria were provided with clean drinking water and over 2.5 million people with sanitation and hygiene assistance.

DFID is currently not funding the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Syria. This decision was taken following discussions with ICRC about DFID’s reporting and risk management requirements for partners operating in Syria.