Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that humanitarian aid provided by programmes supported by her Department reaches internally displaced people in (a) Deir Ezzor and (b) Raqqa provinces.

We are stepping up our humanitarian support to meet the needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) across North East Syria. Many of those displaced in Deir Ezzor province have fled to neighbouring Raqqa and Hassakeh provinces where our partners are providing food, healthcare, water, shelter, sanitation and hygiene assistance. We are working with our partners to increase aid across Deir Ezzor province, where the security situation allows.

Following the liberation of Raqqa City, UK aid is helping to clear landmines and explosives to enable those displaced to return to their homes safely as soon as possible.