Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what the cost to the public purse was of providing humanitarian assistance in Yemen in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is deeply concerned by the humanitarian situation in Yemen, which remains dire. We are committed to provide continued humanitarian assistance to help alleviate the dire conditions faced by millions of Yemenis.
We have played a leading role in responding to the humanitarian crisis, committing over £1 billion in aid since the conflict began in 2014.
In both 2022-23 and 2023-4 we committed £88 million in aid to Yemen, which has contributed to providing food to at least 100,000 people every month, delivering lifesaving health care through 400 facilities, and treating 22,000 severely malnourished children.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of Iranian support for the Houthis on the stability of (a) Yemen and (b) the wider Middle East region.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK assesses that Iran has directly supported Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Specifically, Iran has provided intelligence to enable Houthi targeting of vessels. Furthermore, Iran has supplied the Houthis with missiles and UAVs used to attack international shipping. Iran should cease such support and use its influence to restrain its proxies to prevent further escalations.
The UK continues to seek the de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East. We are employing the full range of our diplomatic and security efforts, working with allies and international partners to counter groups seeking to undermine the region's peace, stability and prosperity.
Found: East : Hezbollah in Lebanon continues to launch attacks against northern Israel and the Houthis in Yemen
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting communiqués, April 2024Found: The communiqué covers Iran, the conflict in Gaza, freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, Yemen and Syria
Found: against Syrian chemical weapons facilities (April 2018) 28 3.6 Military action in the Red Sea and Yemen
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024Found: This includes delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance to more than half the population of Yemen
Found: Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen
Found: Djibouti Current Red Sea tensions caused by the Houthis in Yemen have drawn attention to Djibouti’
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024Found: Tunisia Turkey * Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam* Yemen
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1: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) Iran’s proxies in Yemen continue to undermine freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, and last week Iran - Speech Link