Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he made of the effectiveness of UK aid for refugee camps in the Kingdom of Jordan.

The UK is committed to working with Jordan to increase the self-reliance of refugees and vulnerable communities, moving towards aligning UK and international support with Jordanian systems, and towards greater inclusion of refugees in the economy which can also provide wider benefits for Jordan. Since 2016, the UK has allocated over £150 million in humanitarian support. This has supported 450,000 refugees receiving cash assistance to meet basic living costs and provided over 150,000 refugee children with access to formal education. With our support, the Jordanian government has enrolled 69% of all Syrian children in education - among the highest proportions in the region. The Minister for the Middle East [Lord Ahmad] discussed support to Syrian refugees with the Jordanian Ambassador on 20 October.