Humanitarian Aid
Commons · Question 47686 · Tabled 24 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 8 May 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the FCDO’s crisis response fund for 2025-26.
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 8 May 2025
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) maintains the Humanitarian Crisis Reserve (HCR) fund, which has the primary benefit of enabling flexible and rapid response to new humanitarian crises (e.g. earthquakes, floods, cyclones). Decisions ...