Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119771, if she will make it her policy to ensure that all UK nationals remaining in Afghanistan after the end of Operation Pitting have access to food in that country.

Since 28 August 2021, the British Embassy in Kabul has suspended in-country operations. We encourage all British nationals in Afghanistan to check Travel Advice and confirm their presence using the online registration system. British nationals can continue to access consular assistance by phone on a 24/7 basis. The UK remains fully committed to supporting Afghanistan and its people. We have already announced a doubling of our humanitarian aid and development assistance commitment to Afghanistan, to £286 million. We have now disbursed over £176 million which will support over 6.1 million people in Afghanistan and the region, providing emergency food, health, shelter, water and protection. We are working at pace to allocate the remaining funding in response to the crisis and the new UN Appeal.