Written questions

Food Insecurity: Climate Change

Commons · Question 12739 · Tabled 5 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations' report on Hunger Hotspots June to October 2024, published in June 2024

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 11 Nov 2024

The UK is closely monitoring the potential development of La Niña conditions and in particular the risk of food security impacts in the Horn of Africa and Southern Africa.The UK is a committed humanitarian donor, channelling over £277 million in humanitar...