Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of Hurricane Irma relief funds provided to Barbuda since September 2017.

The UK provided over £196 million in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria. This included direct humanitarian support to the population of Barbuda, who were evacuated to Antigua in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Irma. We also committed £3 million to longer-term reconstruction work for the energy sector on the island of Barbuda. The use of funds was assessed by a Foreign Affairs Committee enquiry and The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) performance review early in 2018, and is also subject to our standard project governance and oversight. The Barbuda Energy Resilience Project is underway and will be evaluated in 2026.