Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of funds committed to the Integrated Security Fund have been dedicated to funding programmes and initiatives relating to (1) civil society peacebuilding and (2) women, peace, and security, since it replaced the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in 2024.

The Integrated Security Fund (ISF) came into operation on 1 April 2024 and has a budget of almost £1bn for Financial Year 2024/25.

Support to civil society actors in conflict environments is a vital component of how the Fund delivers activity. These are not tracked as individual or separate components.

The Fund is meeting ambitious standards on both dedicated Women, Peace and Security programming and gender mainstreaming across the entire fund, ensuring women and girls’ needs are included in conflict and security responses. In Financial Year 2024/25 the ISF provides dedicated funding through the Gender, Peace and Security portfolio to progress those objectives. The ISF has a mandatory requirement whereby all programmes should include a project where gender is a primary objective for at least one project within the programme. We have also increased technical and advisory support, including through the Women, Peace and Security Helpdesk which is providing joined up advice across government on WPS.