PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Yemen: Famine (17 March 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the most recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Analysis report by the UN and its humanitarian partners on the humanitarian situation in Yemen; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)

The findings of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis highlight the need to respond urgently to the food security crisis and prevent loss of life. In February, the Secretary of State issued a call to the international community to step up their response to the risk of famine in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen. The UK has led by example, providing emergency humanitarian assistance to over 1 million people in both 2015 and 2016, and hosting a high level international event at the UN General Assembly to shine a spotlight on the forgotten crisis. In this financial year alone, we have provided lifesaving nutrition support to 889,000 women and children and food or food vouchers to 462,000 people so far. We are planning a significant contribution to Yemen in 2017/18.

Answered by:
Rory Stewart (Independent)
22 March 2017