Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to work with the international community to ensure that people in Sudan who have been impacted by the recent violence have access to (a) drinking water, (b) food, (c) shelter and (d) healthcare.

The humanitarian situation in Sudan is worsening. The FCDO's top humanitarian priority is to secure workable humanitarian access, including security assurances for humanitarian agencies. There can be no international aid without safe and reliable access. We are coordinating with the international humanitarian system to support the UN to be able to scale-up delivery within Sudan so they can move quickly to respond as soon as access improves. On 4 May the UK announced an initial £5 million allocation which will help to provide urgent assistance to tens of thousands of refugees and returnees in South Sudan and Chad fleeing violence in Sudan. The UK is a committed donor in Sudan, having spent over £250 million in humanitarian aid in the last five years.