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 provide (a) short term aid, (b) flood defences and (c) other preventative measures to countries affected by flooding.

The FCDO supports the multilateral system which regularly responds to flooding around the world. For example, we have recently provided £36 million of aid to the flood relief efforts in Pakistan, and we are longstanding partners of the UN Central emergency Response Fund (CERF), contributing more than $1.7 billion since 2006 and supporting their work including in response to flooding. The UK has also recently announced a commitment to triple our spend on climate adaptation finance, from £500 million in 2019 to £1.5 billion in 2025. This funding will help countries build their resilience to climate change impacts, including floods.