Hospital Ships

(asked on 3rd March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, where the proposed hospital ship will operate from.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 10th March 2020

DFID and the MoD already work closely together to respond to humanitarian emergencies. For example, following Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas last September, RFA Mounts Bay played a critical role in the UK response.

As set out in the UK Humanitarian Reform Plan, the UK Government is committed ensuring a bigger, better, faster response capability which is able to respond to a range of different natural disasters. This includes a continued commitment to use our military assets to deliver humanitarian aid whenever appropriate, in accordance with UN guidelines.

No decision has been made on the construction or operation of a UK hospital ship, and we will continue to ensure that UKaid is deployed in a way that maximises value for money for development and the UK taxpayer.

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