Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish guidance on how search and rescue groups in the UK can support efforts to rescue people trapped following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

We have published guidance on GOV.UK to advise people on how they can best provide support. We advise people who would like to help to donate cash through trusted charities and aid organisations, such as the DEC joint Turkey-Syria earthquake appeal, which supports British aid organisations in the region. The government is providing £5 million in match funding to the DEC appeal. The UK International Search and Rescue team deployed to Turkey on 7 February and worked around the clock to rescue people trapped under the rubble. The team have now completed rescue operations and returned to the UK.

(Turkey and Syria earthquakes: what you can do to help - GOV.UK)

(https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/turkey-syria-earthquake-appeal)