Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help aid the provision of (a) food, (b) medicine and (c) critical infrastructure in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

In early December, the Foreign Secretary visited Ethiopia and saw first-hand the effects of the humanitarian crisis that has been caused by conflict and severe drought, with an estimated 28.6 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2023, including 5.4 million in Tigray. He saw the positive impact the UK is having, including mitigating the malnutrition crisis and the departure of UK-funded trucks to resupply parts of northern Ethiopia.

Over the last twenty months the UK has provided almost £90 million of life-saving aid to communities across Ethiopia affected by the crises, including Tigray. This support has provided emergency health supplies for 1 million people. Through the recently announced package of £14 million humanitarian support, funding is expected to reach up to 150,000 people with comprehensive health, water sanitation, hygiene and nutrition services across Ethiopia.