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date	11/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Humanitarian Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with nearly 80% of the entire population, over 24 million people, requiring some form of humanitarian assistance. More than 20 million people in Yemen do not have reliable access to food and almost 10 million people face extreme food shortages.</p><p>The UK is increasingly concerned by the constraints placed on the international humanitarian response in Houthi-controlled areas of northern Yemen. In line with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2451, we are calling on all parties to facilitate unhindered access for humanitarian actors and agencies and ensure that humanitarian workers are able to conduct their work safely and without harm.</p><p>A political settlement is the only way to fully address the humanitarian crisis and we encourage further constructive engagement from all parties to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/02/2020 17:39:21 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

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registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Humanitarian Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has plans to send officials to Yemen to make an assessment of the humanitarian situation in that country.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	207310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK government advises against all travel to Yemen due to the serious risk to security. We keep the situation on the ground under careful review and will re-establish visits to Yemen when the security situation permits us to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Although DFID staff cannot currently visit Yemen, we are in regular communication with programme partners, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator and others to ensure we have a clear understanding of the humanitarian situation in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/01/2019 16:40:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden