Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated to grassroots organisations for the (a) prevention and (b) tackling of sexual violence in (i) conflict and (ii) post-conflict countries; and if he will make a statement.

Since 2012, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has committed over £46million to end sexual violence in conflict. This funding has supported civil society and international organisations in conflict and post conflict countries to further Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative objectives. These include strengthening justice and support for survivors and holding the perpetrators to account; tackling the stigma faced by survivors; and preventing sexual violence in conflict.