Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the former Department for International Development worked on conflict prevention in each financial year since 2010.

It is not possible to provide a precise figure for the total number of officials working on conflict prevention in any given year. A range of FCDO departments in the UK, and our network of posts around the world, contribute to preventing conflict. This includes work on policy development, research and analysis, specialist expertise and advice, and programme delivery. The Conflict and Atrocity Prevention Department within FCDO's Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation, and our cadre of conflict advisors are supporting delivery of the commitments on conflict prevention set out in the recent International Development White Paper.