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Written Question
Syria: White Helmets
Thursday 23rd February 2023

Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding his Department or its predecessors have provided for the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) in each of the last 10 financial years.

Answered by David Rutley

UK funding to the Syria Civil Defence (White Helmets) since their formation in 2014 totals £55.6 million. By financial year this support is:

FY 2014-2015 £2,375,287

FY 2015-2016 £12,171,537

FY 2016-2017 £10,471,689

FY 2017-2018 £13,401,000

FY 2018-2019 £7,515,117

FY 2019-2020 £1,936,856

FY 2020-2021 £1,078,826

FY 2021-2022 £2,280,544

In the current Financial Year, 2022-2023, the UK is providing £2.5 million of support to the White Helmets. Since the devastating impacts of the earthquake in Syria, the UK has released an additional £4.3 million to White Helmets to assist their vital search and rescue operation and recovery efforts. The UK is proud of our longstanding partnership with the White Helmets who consistently play a crucial role in supporting Syrian civilians in the most desperate circumstances.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Ukraine

"The Foreign Secretary’s statement mentioned Syria as one of the countries at the United Nations that had given Russia comfort, but it is not Syrian civilians who have taken that stance. In fact, they are the very people who know, equally to anyone in the world, about Putin’s violence. What …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Government Policy on Syria

"Madam Deputy Speaker, I begin my contribution this evening by, through you, thanking Mr Speaker for allowing me the time for this debate. It is more than poignant to rise in this House this evening, the night before the sixth anniversary of the murder of Jo Cox MP. Having requested …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Government Policy on Syria

"The hon. Gentleman pre-empts what I am about to say and makes the point well. It would be good if the Minister could update the House on the diplomatic approach that we will take. If we in this House turn away from our principles, we lose sight not just of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Government Policy on Syria

"The right hon. Gentleman is exactly right. Where we take away our focus and shift our eyes, we leave a vacuum. Whether it is Daesh or any other form of terrorism around the world, if we are not involved in the world—not that we can do everything, but if we …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I agree with the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross), who asked the first question on this. Like all bullies, Vladimir Putin demonstrates horrific patterns of behaviour. He helped to starve Syrians in Aleppo and elsewhere, and now he is obliterating Ukrainian cities. But do we not also have to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"When it comes to democracy and supporting civil society, one of the best things that the Government have done is establishing the Jo Cox memorial grants, which fund precisely the sort of women’s empowerment organisations that strengthen civil society, and with which Jo worked throughout her life. Through the Minister, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jan 2022
Afghanistan: Humanitarian Crisis

"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis) for bringing forward this urgent question. Children facing starvation in a manner that was, as my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) said, entirely predictable and predicted deserve the attention of the most powerful people in …..."
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Written Question
Developing Countries: Internally Displaced People and Refugees
Tuesday 15th June 2021

Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

What recent steps the Government has taken to support refugees and internally displaced people overseas.

Answered by James Cleverly - Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

The UK remains at the forefront of refugee responses around the world. In March, the Foreign Secretary announced ‘at least £205 million’ to the Syria Crisis, bringing our total support to over £3.7 billion since 2012.

We continue to be one of the lead donors to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), supporting its efforts to provide assistance to vulnerable refugees in some of the most challenging environments around the world.

The UK is also one of the largest bilateral donors to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, supporting access to vaccines in up to 92 low and middle-income countries, aiming to supply 1.3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of 2021.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) the urgent question that is to follow on Yemen, which is a human rights catastrophe. Similarly, every Member of this House must acknowledge the humanitarian hellhole that Syria has become over the past decade. …..."
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