Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the £286 million allocated in aid to Afghanistan in 2021 has been dispersed as of 27 November 2021; and what her timetable is for the remaining aid to be dispersed.

We are doubling our humanitarian and development assistance for Afghanistan this year, taking this up to £286 million. In all, between April and November 2021, we disbursed over £70 million for life-saving humanitarian support for Afghanistan, including for emergency food, health, nutrition, shelter, water and sanitation, and mine action. This includes £10 million for countries at risk of increased refugee flows from Afghanistan.

We are developing firm plans for the allocation of the remainder of the £286 million and will make further announcements in due course.