Written questions

Turkey: Development Aid

Commons · Question 112990 · Tabled 11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 2 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Building Refugee Resilience and Inclusion in Turkey programme at supporting the survival of refugees in that country.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 2 Mar 2026

The Government is working with Turkey to help it manage the challenges of hosting approximately 2.3 million refugees, the majority of whom have fled conflict and persecution in Syria. The February 2023 earthquakes near the Turkish-Syrian border had a deva...