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Written question asked by Bishop of Southwark (Bishops (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 22 March 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 April 2016. It was answered by Baroness Verma (Conservative) on Friday, 1 April 2016 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Iraq: Humanitarian Aid

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any shortfall in international humanitarian funding in Iraq; and what steps they are taking to address that.

Answer

The UN has launched an appeal for $861 million to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Iraq in 2016. According to the UN, as of 29 March 2016, the appeal is 15% funded.

Since June 2014, the UK has committed £79.5 million in humanitarian assistance to the crisis in Iraq. The UK is the largest donor to the Iraq Humanitarian Pooled Fund, which allocates funding to the most urgent gaps in the humanitarian response in Iraq. DFID is assessing future support to Iraq through the Bilateral Aid Review process.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL7307
Session
2015-16
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Subjects
Humanitarian aid Iraq
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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