Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian situation in Sudan, in particular with regard to the situation of (1) children, and (2) those forced to flee.

The conflict in Sudan has created a humanitarian disaster with the most vulnerable, including children, disproportionately affected. Sudan is now the world's largest displacement crisis, with an estimated 8.1 million people internally displaced and a further 2.6 million having fled to neighbouring countries since the conflict began. The UK is providing £97 million of bilateral Official Development Assistance to Sudan this year, £84 million of which is vital humanitarian assistance. This includes funding to UNICEF which provides lifesaving nutrition programmes to some of the most vulnerable children in Sudan. In August, the Minister for Development announced £15 million of additional UK support to those fleeing violence within Sudan, and to South Sudan and Chad. This vital assistance is providing food parcels for 145,000 people in Sudan and around 60,000 vulnerable refugees in Chad, while offering critical nutrition services to South Sudanese children under 5.