Tom Elliott – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Elliott on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of UK aid in Syria.

Sir Desmond Swayne

To date, we have allocated £561 million to support people inside Syria. By May 2016, this had provided 16.3 million food rations; access to clean water for 2 million people; 3.5 million medical consultations; 5.1 million relief packages; and 8.3 million sanitation and hygiene activities.