Written question asked by Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 25 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 27 March 2009. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Tuesday, 31 March 2009 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Conflict Prevention

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 25 March 2009, Official Report, columns 17-19WS, on conflict resources 2009-10, what the Government's expenditure on conflict resources in financial year 2008-09 was; and what proportion of this total was spent through the (a) Conflict Prevention Pool, (b) Stabilisation Aid Fund and (c) Treasury Reserve for Peacekeeping.

Answer: The UK's total conflict resource envelope for 2008-09 (leaving aside the cost of UK military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq) was set at the time of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) at £559 million: £112 million Conflict Prevention Pool; £73 million Stabilisation Aid Fund; £374 million Peacekeeping Budget (PKB)—although the PKB is an annual draw on the Treasury Reserve rather than part of the CSR settlement).

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 490 c1115W;490 c1111W; 267720
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Conflict Resources 2009-10
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Written statements
House of Commons
Subjects: Conflict prevention
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk