To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the 2024–25 UK aid package for Sudan is allocated to Blue Nile State; and whether they will provide targeted humanitarian assistance to displaced communities in the state before the arrival of the 2025 rainy season.
Answered on
20 March 2025
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is the most severe globally and it has generated significant levels of forced displacement within Sudan and across the region. The already dire humanitarian context will worsen with the onset of the coming rainy season. This financial year, the UK will provide £226.5 million in life-saving aid towards the crisis. Since the conflict started more than 2.5 million people have received UK funded humanitarian aid. The UK is supporting a range of humanitarian actors, including UN agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross, who are delivering aid throughout the country. In 2024, the UK was the third largest donor to the UN's Sudan response plan which provided urgent support in Blue Nile State and other locations. We are unable to provide more detailed information about the extent of UK aid provided to communities in Blue Nile State. The UK is doing all it can to increase the scale and reach of life-saving aid to those in need in Sudan.