Written question asked by Fiona Bruce (Conservative) on Friday, 23 February 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 February 2024 (named day). It was answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 February 2024 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Myanmar: Rohingya

Question: To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the funding his Department has provided to NGOs to help support Rohingya people in Myanmar.

Answer: The UK has provided over £30 million in humanitarian and food security support for the Rohingya and other Muslim communities in Rakhine state since 2017, reaching over 160,000 Rohingya people, and is the largest donor of water, sanitation and hygiene services to Rohingya Internally Displaced Persons camps in central Rakhine. The UK also works to provide essential health services to approximately 3.3 million people in Myanmar, including in Rakhine, through a multilateral programme with the International Organisation for Migration. FCDO programmes undergo an annual review of effectiveness, using a results framework. These are published to the Development Tracker website [https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk].

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