Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of UK humanitarian aid to Syria has been delivered to areas controlled by the Assad regime or its allies.

DFID’s focus in Syria is on helping those most acutely in need, and we have extensive controls in place to ensure that UK aid does not benefit the Assad regime. In 2017/2018, our partners operating from Damascus delivered 31% of DFID’s spending in Syria. The majority of that aid was delivered to those most in need living in areas controlled by the Assad regime. A small proportion was also delivered from Damascus to hard-to-reach and besieged areas held by the opposition.

The remainder was delivered by agencies working cross-border from Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq into areas not controlled by the Assad regime, and on monitoring and evaluation activities.