UK allocates £10 million for emergency relief in Yemen
The package is part of an existing annual aid allocation and will support UN partners providing food and healthcare.
The UK announced £10 million for emergency assistance in Yemen on 25 September, directing support through a United Nations appeal. Its foreign office says the allocation will help civilians displaced by renewed fighting.
The funding is divided between the World Food Programme (£5.5 million), UNICEF (£3.5 million) and the International Organization for Migration (£1 million). Planned assistance includes nutrition, emergency healthcare and vaccines for children and women.
The foreign office describes targets of reaching 30,000 children with nutrition support, providing emergency healthcare for 35,000 women and children, and vaccinating 10,000 children. These are intended programme results, not confirmed delivery totals.
The £10 million comes from the UK’s previously announced £104 million aid allocation for Yemen in 2026. It should therefore not be counted as an additional £10 million on top of that annual total. The announcement attributes the latest displacement to escalating Houthi violence; this report summarises the UK’s statement and does not independently verify battlefield developments.
Contains public sector information from The Civic Frontier · Briefing from FCDO, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.