Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of unconditional cash transfer programmes to support international conservation and climate resilience projects.

Unconditional cash transfers and other social protection measures can play an important role in helping vulnerable households be more resilient to climate change. These measures have been shown to be deliver positive impacts and good value for money.

Using unconditional cash transfers to support international conservation is not an approach widely undertaken by the FCDO. While we have not formally assessed its effectiveness, we remain open to reviewing the evidence where available and using this to inform our policies and programmes.