Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of official development assistance humanitarian spend in East African countries has been received by local and national non-governmental organisations in country over the last year; and what steps they will take to ensure UK commitments on such funding are met, such as the Grand Bargain commitment to provide 25 per cent of humanitarian funding to local and national organisations.

Local organisations play a vital role in delivering UK funded humanitarian support across East Africa including in Ethiopia and Somalia where we support a range of different national entities. The UK strongly supports the role of national agencies in responding to humanitarian crises and building resilience. This is demonstrated in the recent International Development White Paper which commits the UK to publishing a strategy on engagement with national relief actors. Work to develop this strategy is now underway.