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<p>We are working with partners to ensure stabilisation efforts in liberated areas
allow internally displaced persons to return to their homes safely. On 21 July, the
Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris
Johnson), announced £10.5 million in additional UK funding for stabilisation in Iraq,
this includes £1.75 million to support planning associated with the Mosul campaign.
This announcement brings the UK’s Iraq contributions on immediate stabilisation to
£9.25 million, and on explosive hazards to £7.75 million.</p><p>Since summer 2014,
the UK has pledged £129.5 million of humanitarian support. This includes £50 million
of additional assistance announced on 20 July 2016. To date, we have provided cash
assistance, access to clean water, food, medicines and other life-saving assistance
for the most vulnerable – irrespective of race, religion or ethnicity.</p>
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