Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the number of people who have been displaced in Yemen in the last five months.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
According to the United Nations, there were 2.2million internally displaced people (IDPs) in Yemen in July 2016. This is an increase of 200,000 since April 2016. Yemen also hosts around 280,000 refugees, mainly from the Horn of Africa.
Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to (a) support the Yemen economy and (b) ensure that there is an adequate supply of food and oil imports.
Answered by Rory Stewart
We are deeply concerned about the economic crisis in Yemen and are working closely with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations, Government of Yemen and other key countries to look at measures to stabilise the Yemeni economy.
We are also providing £1.4 million to support the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to facilitate the flow of commercial shipping, which is crucial to ensuring adequate supplies of food and fuel.
Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken to raise the profile of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
Answered by Rory Stewart
Despite being one of the most serious and complex humanitarian crises in the world, Yemen is the world’s most serious forgotten crisis. The Secretary of State is co-hosting an international event on the Yemen crisis at the UN General Assembly on 21 September to shine a spotlight on the crisis and call for a step change in humanitarian delivery on the ground.
Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much humanitarian funding the Government gave to Yemen in 2015-16; and how much the Government plans to give to that country in 2016-17.
Answered by Rory Stewart
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided on 15 September to Question number 45832.
Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government donated to the UN Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan in 2015-16; and how much the Government plans to donate to that Plan in 2016-17.
Answered by Rory Stewart
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided on 15 September to Question number 45832.