To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have of the number of persons currently displaced by conflict in Swat and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan; and what contribution they have made to the United Nations Humanitarian Action Plan and other programmes to help those displaced. [HL2838]

The number of people displaced by conflict and insecurity from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and parts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), including Swat, has increased substantially during the last eight months. At the end of March 2009 the total number of internally displaced people registered in NWFP (including those from the FATA) was 547,000 (86,000 individuals in 11 formal camps and a further 461,000 outside camps).

The Department for International Development has so far committed £12 million (£6 million each to the UN—in support of the humanitarian plan—and the International Committee for the Red Cross for the internally displaced). Our funds are being used to support urgent humanitarian interventions in shelter, social protection, water and sanitation, food and health sectors.