Written questions

Syria: Humanitarian Aid

Commons · Question 89416 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of humanitarian support to Syria over the last 5 years.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 18 Nov 2025

Since 2011, Syria has seen one of the worst and most protracted humanitarian crises in the world. The annual UN humanitarian appeals have been consistently underfunded and the trend has worsened in recent years, with just 36.6 per cent of the appeal met i...