Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the levels of aid it provides to Lebanon.

The UK is one of the largest donors to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair's Lebanon Humanitarian Fund and the Central Emergency Response Fund. We have announced £10 million of aid to Lebanon, which includes essential medicine, hygiene kits, fuel for water stations and support for emergency teams. This is in addition to the £5 million already provided to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. UK bilateral humanitarian support for this financial year is up to £31 million. A first shipment of UK aid for people in need in Lebanon arrived in Beirut on 06 October.