Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken to help prevent a famine in South Sudan.

South Sudan is experiencing record levels of food insecurity as a result of the ongoing conflict. To prevent famine, UK Aid is working with partners like the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Humanitarian Air Service to get food and nutrition supplies to key locations across the country – by truck, helicopter or barge. With support from the UK and other international donors, so far this year WFP has reached almost 1.6 million people with a total of 18,000 metric tonnes of food. They are also continuing to preposition stocks at key locations across the country in future anticipation of need.