The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy will take evidence on the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund on Monday 22 May 2023. The meeting will be a hybrid session in Committee Room 4A and can be watched live on parliamentlive.tv from 4.15pm.
Meeting details
The Committee will take evidence from:
- Baroness Neville Rolfe, Minister of State, Cabinet Office;
- Ben Merrick, Director of the Joint Funds Unit, Cabinet Office; and
- Naomi Penia, Head of Integrated Security Fund Implementation, Cabinet Office.
This is an annual scrutiny session in relation to the Government’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, a cross-government fund that tackles conflict, stability and security challenges overseas that threaten the UK’s national security. In late January 2023, the Government published the CSSF Annual Report for 2021-22, and this evidence session provides an opportunity to scrutinise the report. The Government also published the CSSF allocations for the latest financial year, 2022-23, in a Written Ministerial Statement. Since the publication of the report and allocations, the Government has announced that the CSSF will be replaced with the UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF).