PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Syria: Development Aid (24 November 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Official Report, column 116WH, if his Department will maintain as a minimum the current level of Official Development Assistance spend in Syria in financial year 2021-22.

Asked by:
Anna McMorrin (Labour)

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's Syria's budget allocation for financial year 2021/22 will be confirmed when the details of the Government's Spending Review are finalised.

The UK has been one of the largest bilateral donors to the Syria Crisis since 2011. To date, we have committed over £3.3 billion in response to the Syria Crisis, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis. We will continue to support the Syrian people affected by the brutality of the Assad regime and we will continue to honour our commitment to support the Syrian people through humanitarian aid and pursuing accountability for the most serious crimes committed in Syria.

Answered by:
Sir James Cleverly (Conservative)
1 December 2020