Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Written Statement of 21 April 2021 on FCDO update, what the reduction in the humanitarian budget for Ethiopia is.

The Government has had to take the tough but necessary decision to temporarily reduce the UK's commitment to spend 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) on overseas development assistance (ODA). The FCDO Ethiopia Country Plan and Official Development Assistance allocations are still under review. We are committed to ensuring that UK aid is spent helping the poorest and most vulnerable people in Ethiopia. In 2020/21, the UK spent over £116 million bilaterally in response to the humanitarian impacts of the conflict in Tigray, Covid-19, locusts and climate change in Ethiopia. We continue to be committed to ensuring that UK aid is spent as effectively as possible to help the poorest and most vulnerable people in Ethiopia.