The FCDO's approach to displaced people

International Development Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 9 Dec 2024 Closed: 17 Sep 2025 Parliament page
2024 saw a continuing rise in global displacement, with at least 117.3 million people forced to flee their homes, including nearly 43.4 million refugees, around 40% of whom are under the age of 18. These vast movements of peoples, and the associated costs and disruptions, can cause significant problems in … Read more
11 Recommendations
12 Conclusions
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
4 Events
Activity timeline 10 events
3 Jun
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
29 Apr
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
1 Apr
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
4 Mar
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
FCDO’s approach to displaced people; FCDO's Approach to Value for Money
Matthew Wyatt · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Melinda Bohannon · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
The FCDO's approach to displaced people
Achim Steiner · United Nations Development Programme Arafat Jamal · UNHCR Colin Buckley · British International Investment Mónica Ferro · UNFPA
The FCDO’s approach to displaced people
Bethan Lewis · Plan International UK Daphne Jayasinghe · International Rescue Committee Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker · ODI Global Gideon Rabinowitz · Bond Hélène Kuperman-Le-Bihan · Mines Advisory Group Louis Hoffmann · International Organization for Migration
The FCDO's approach to displaced people
Belinda Fatimah Katy Nembe Katonda · CAFOD Tinebeb Berhane · ActionAid Ethiopia Zohal
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
5 Recommendation Accepted in Part
6th report - The FCDO's Approach t…
Set out measures to increase data for climate adaptation and displacement prevention planning.
In its response to this report, the FCDO should set out the measures it is taking to increase the data available to policy teams when planning medium to long-term climate adaptation investments; and whether prevention of climate-induced displacement is one … Read more
Government Response
The government details its use of climate science from IPCC, Met Office, and a new Natural Hazard Science Hub to inform policy teams on climate adaptation investments. However, it states that preventing climate-induced displacement is not a mandatory criterion for all teams planning these investments.
23 Recommendation Accepted in Part
6th report - The FCDO's Approach t…
Ensure UK and partners disaggregate programme data by age, gender, ability, and displacement status
The FCDO should ensure that the UK and partners disaggregate monitoring and programme data by age, gender, ability and displacement status at a minimum; do so systematically; and make this data available publicly. (Recommendation, Paragraph 104) 37
Government Response
The government states it already disaggregates data by age, gender, and ability. It will explore implementing disaggregation by displacement status in a future programme management system.
Government Response AI assessment · 23 of 11 classified

Total 11 recs + 12 conclusions