Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL1953):
Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports by the Mekelle branch of the Ethiopian Ombudsman Institution on 24 January that in five camps of internally displaced people in Tigray, 900 had died due to starvation. (HL1953)
Tabled on: 26 January 2024
Answer:
Lord Benyon:
We are monitoring the situation closely, using a variety of sources of data to assess the level of need. We are committed to providing urgent support to those who need it most, and will continue to increase our funding for Ethiopia in the next financial year. This will bolster support to our lifesaving nutrition and health programming across Ethiopia, including Tigray.
Date and time of answer: 09 Feb 2024 at 13:23.
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Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL1952):
Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the remarks by UN Relief Coordinator on 19 January that the drought in northern Ethiopia requires “more funds and an urgent scale-up of the response”; and what is their response. (HL1952)
Tabled on: 26 January 2024
Answer:
Lord Benyon:
The UK is committed to providing support to the most vulnerable and those in desperate need in Ethiopia. We recognise that an up-scale in international assistance is vital to prevent this situation from deteriorating. That is why we will continue to increase our funding for Ethiopia in the next financial year, enabling us to further scale up our health, nutrition, water and sanitation, and protection programmes across Ethiopia, including in the north.
Date and time of answer: 09 Feb 2024 at 13:18.
