Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect children who have been forcibly displaced following climate-related events.

Within the UK's humanitarian responses, children are often the most vulnerable and therefore routinely prioritised for assistance by our partners in most contexts, including those caused by climate shocks. All of the UK's core humanitarian funding to UN partners has specific activities relating to child protection or assistance. Specifically the UK is a major supporter of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) which has an international mandate to protect children. The UK provided £125 million of humanitarian funding to UNICEF in 2022, including in various crises where children have been displaced. UNICEF have recently published their guiding principles for children on the move amid climate change.