Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department provided to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in (a) 2018 and (b) the previous financial year.

The UK has been a leading donor to the Rohingya response in Bangladesh since 2017, providing £345 million in vital humanitarian support. In financial year 2018/19, the UK provided £63.9 million, and in 2017/18 provided £51.8 million to the Rohingya response. This supported food, water, sanitation, shelter, healthcare and protection services to Rohingya refugees and vulnerable host communities. The UK will continue to work with the UN and the Government of Bangladesh to provide support to the Rohingya whilst they remain in Bangladesh.