Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on developing a children in conflict strategy.

The UK is committed to preventing and ending grave violations against children in conflict. We support affected children through our humanitarian funding and support to education in conflict and crises. The UK is an active member of the UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, aiming to ensure effective scrutiny of conflicts where children are harmed and holding perpetrators to account. Ministers will take a decision on new FCDO strategies in due course.