Ms Diane Abbott – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ms Diane Abbott on 2016-06-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government will be allocating official development assistance to Sri Lanka in response to the appeal by the Sri Lankan government for international finance for reconstruction following the floods in that country.

Justine Greening

The UK provides funding to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which was established by the UN and other leading donors to enable rapid emergency response. The CERF is doing an assessment of the situation following the rainfall and landslips in Sri Lanka.