Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) rebuilding of schools, hospitals and water and sanitation services and (b) peace building work by local organisations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

We welcome the agreements signed between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on 2 November and 12 November. Along with other international partners, the UK has underlined to the Ethiopian Government and African Union its willingness to provide support to this process. In the last eighteen months the UK has provided almost £90 million to support vulnerable crisis-affected communities across Tigray, Afar, Amhara, Oromia and Somali regions. As part of this, the recently announced £14 million package of support is expected to reach up to 150,000 people with comprehensive health, water sanitation, hygiene and nutrition services; 50,000 people with emergency financial support and 20,000 pupils with emergency education.