Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 115821

Armed Conflict

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist PartyStrangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle economic drivers of conflict in the world.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
The UK is working closely with international financial institutions (IFIs) to better understand economic drivers of conflict, including enhancing the use of analytics to anticipate potential conflict, and ensuring timely, effective and conflict sensitive ...

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