Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to prosecute the former President of Syria Bashar al-Assad.

The UK will work closely with civil society and the international community to support a Syrian-led transitional justice and accountability programme to ensure that those responsible for war crimes and other atrocities are held to account. Accountability is key to any sustainable transition.

We will continue to support partners who are playing a pivotal role in developing a credible evidence base to record atrocities committed by the former regime and others. This year alone, we have committed £1.15 million to accountability and documentation-related programmes.