Yemen
International Development
Keith Vaz (Leicester East, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of the funding received for the UN humanitarian fund for Yemen came from the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
The UK is providing £20 million of humanitarian assistance to Yemen in 2011-12. £15.4 million of this is against 2011 calendar year appeals. The United Nations Financial Tracking Service (FTS) shows that the UK provided 8.4% of the total recorded humanitarian funding to Yemen in the 2011 calendar year. This makes the UK the 4
(th)
largest donor behind the United States, the United Arab Emirates and the European Union.
Our funding is split between a number of humanitarian organisations, with £7.5 million going to the UN humanitarian appeal (the Consolidated Appeals Process) in 2011. The FTS shows the UK contribution to be 6.3% of the total provided through this mechanism, making the UK the 3(rd) largest bilateral donor to it. Our remaining funding went to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and a consortium of international non-governmental organisations.
