Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will work with (1) British NGOs based in Bangladesh, and (2) the Bangladeshi diaspora in the UK, in order to maximise the impact of emergency relief provision.

The UK delivers emergency relief in Bangladesh principally through Start Fund Bangladesh. The Fund is accessible to local, national, and international member non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Bangladesh to respond early to emergencies. We provided £195,000 to START Fund to support the response during the first wave of flooding in May. We contributed a further £442,500 after the second wave of flooding in June.