Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what financial and administrative support they provide to the UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls and to the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict (PSVI); and what provision is made to ensure that British embassies and high commissions are able to fund projects supporting the work of both the Special Envoy for Women and Girls and the PM’s Special Representative for PSVI.

The Foreign Secretary has been clear that we must renew global focus and ambition around women, peace and security, and put the rights of women and girls, including freedom from violence, at the heart of UK foreign policy.

We continue to work through the UK-founded International Alliance for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, of which the UK is vice-chair this year, to rally further support for tackling the silence and stigma faced by survivors of sexual violence, including the women and girls in Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar and elsewhere who have faced the use of rape as a weapon of war.

The roles of UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls and the Prime Minister's Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict are unremunerated.