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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost has been to the United Kingdom in each of the last five years of UK peacekeeping forces; and if he will make a statement. [214384] Mr. Rammell: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been administering the Government's financial contributions to peacekeeping and other peace support operations since 2001. That is when funding these activities was brought within the management structure of the Africa and Global Conflict Prevention Pools, except where the scale or volatility of such activity would seriously impact on other pool activities. The Global and Africa Conflict Prevention Pools combine the knowledge and resources of the Ministry of Defence, Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It has a unique funding arrangement specifically voted by Parliament for conflict prevention and reduction. Total expenditure on peacekeeping and peace support operations from the pools since 2001 is shown in the table. The figures include both assessed and voluntary contributions to the UN and other organisations. Nearest £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Cost 2001-02 458 2002-03 386 2003-04 288 2004-05 1336 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Current forecast: accounts to be finalised after the end of the 2004-05 financial year.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c1553-5W; 214384

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Electricity Government departments Natural gas Property Staff Utilities Repairs and maintenance Telephones Foreign and Commonwealth Office Flowers Official residences Official hospitality Operating costs

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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