Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) total UK aid and (b) the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund committed to (i) disabled people and children living in fragile and conflicted states and (ii) disabled people and children living in Syria in each of the last three years.

The information requested is not held. The UK’s programmes in fragile and conflict affected states seek to meet the needs of vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities, including children.

For example, specialist paediatric centres in Jordan are supporting children with behavioural and physical disabilities. We are pioneering the use of new assessment tools to help meet the needs of children with disabilities in opposition held areas of Syria.