Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to provide funding to Pakistan to help support Afghan refugees in that country.

Following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan an estimated 300,000 Afghans arrived in Pakistan. The UK has provided £6.5 million to support refugee preparedness in Pakistan through the World Food Programme, United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, supporting communities hosting refugees to provide health services and additional nutritional support. The UK supports the Government of Pakistan to support refugees and encourages the inclusion of refugees in services provided to the wider population.