Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 21
21
Accepted
FCDO's sub-optimal data collection limits accurate targeting of displacement spending
Conclusion
The FCDO may be limited in its ability to accurately target displacement- related humanitarian and development spending owing to its sub-optimal data collection. (Conclusion, Paragraph 102)
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the importance of improving displacement-related data and lists various ongoing projects and pledges, including contributions to the UN's CRAF'd and EGRISS, and ONS efforts, to enhance data collection and statistical inclusion.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The UK made a pledge on the statistical inclusion of forcibly displaced people at the Global Refugee Forum in 2023 and is supporting a wide range of projects to improve displacement-related data collection. The UK contributes to the UN’s Complex Risk Analytics Fund (CRAF’d), which is investing in new forms of data and analysis to help predict and prevent crises. The fund is supporting a range of organisations to improve the quality and availability of displacement-related data. The UK is supporting the UN Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS), which is strengthening the capacity of national statistical systems to include displaced populations in their data. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is also contributing to improved displacement-related data collection. It has developed tools to automate the detection of IDP shelters in Somalia to support improved collection of population data, including preparations for a potential population and housing census in Somalia - the first in 50 years. This data has already been used to support the GAVI Zero Dose vaccination programme, with potential for wider application. ONS have also encouraged publication of a report on refugees based on Population and Housing Census data in Rwanda and will support the implementation of the 2025 Jordan Census Questionnaire to ensure IDP/ refugee/stateless persons inclusion.