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Written Question
Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
Wednesday 20th March 2019

Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)

Question to the Department for International Development:

What recent steps her Department has taken to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

Answered by Alistair Burt

Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 80% of the population requiring humanitarian assistance. The UK will provide £200 million of support for the coming financial year. This will feed more than a million Yemenis each month over the year, treat 30,000 children for malnutrition and provide 2 million people with improved water supply and basic sanitation.

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