Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions has he had with his (a) regional and (b) other international counterparts on the humanitarian situation in Sudan.

The UK is working with international partners, in support of continued African efforts - in particular African Union and Intergovernmental Authority on Development - through the UN and through the Quad (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States, UK) to bring an end to the hostilities in Sudan, ensure the protection of civilians, and secure safe and unfettered humanitarian access to and for the most at-need communities. In May, I announced that the UK would provide £21.7 million in humanitarian aid for people in need in Sudan, as well as £5 million to help meet the urgent needs of refugees and returnees fleeing the violence into South Sudan and Chad.