Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the United Nations Development Programme's Sinjar Investment and Development Plan includes a costed strategy for the safe, voluntary, and dignified return of the estimated 200,000 people from Sinjar and its surrounding areas still displaced and living in camps and informal settlements, including Yazidi communities.

The UK is in regular contact with the Government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the United Nations on recovery and development in Sinjar and the rights of Yazidis.

We are aware of the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Sinjar Investment and Development Plan and await further details on its implementation and financing. Currently, through the British Embassy Baghdad's Building Peace and Stability in Iraq (BPSI) programme, the UK is supporting durable solutions in conflict-affected areas, including Sinjar, with a focus on livelihoods, social cohesion and support to displaced and returning communities. BPSI has also provided targeted support to Yazidi survivors and beneficiaries of the Yazidi Survivors Law. Through our Embassy in Baghdad and Consulate in Erbil, the UK continues to promote freedom of religion or belief and monitor conditions for the dignified return of displaced Yazidis.