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Armed Conflict: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on developing the children and armed conflict strategy.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
26 Jun 2025
Answer
30 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on developing the children and armed conflict strategy.

  2. 26 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The latest UN Secretary General's report on Children and Armed Conflict is shocking. It shows that children are being harmed and denied lifesaving aid on an unprecedented scale.As the UK made clear in our statement at the UN Security Council Open Debate o...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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