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Developing Countries: Disaster Relief

Commons · Question 99470 · Tabled 11 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 18 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department uses to determine the level of UK humanitarian assistance in response to natural disasters in developing countries.

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 18 Dec 2025

The level of UK humanitarian assistance provided in response to a natural disaster will be based on a number of factors, including the vulnerability of the affected population, capacity of the affected country's government to respond, the number of people...