Asked by: Laurence Robertson (Conservative - Tewkesbury)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the food security situation in East Africa; and what steps his Department is taking to alleviate the problems.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
Food insecurity remains a huge challenge across East Africa. Tens of millions of people throughout the region face 'crisis' levels of food insecurity. The UK is leading efforts to address the crisis. The UK will deliver £89 million of aid to Sudan in 2024/2025, up from nearly £50 million in 2023/2024. On 16 April at a UK convened humanitarian pledging event I [Deputy Foreign Secretary] committed £100 million in aid to Ethiopia which will reach hundreds of thousands of people. Since 2019 the UK has allocated over £1 billion in humanitarian funding to East Africa benefitting millions of people.
Mentions:
1: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Finally, has a joint analysis of conflict and stability been carried out on the situation in Sudan, and - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) world—particularly in Ukraine and Gaza—have to some extent taken attention away from Sudan, and indeed Ethiopia - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) the vast amount of migration has been across the border into Chad and South Sudan, and indeed into Ethiopia - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) It will merely extend and continue the appalling situation that exists there. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) The lean season approaches in other parts of Africa too, including Ethiopia. - Speech Link
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