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Armed Conflict

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.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 25 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 2 Mar 2026
Answer: 9 Mar 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
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.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
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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