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Written question asked by Mary Creagh (Labour) on Monday, 2 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 February 2015. It was answered by Justine Greening (Conservative) on Monday, 9 February 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Conflict Pool

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department allocated to the Conflict Pool in (a) 2014-15 and (b) each of the five previous financial years.

Answer

The Conflict Pool is funded from a Treasury settlement and not by contributions by individual departments. This is separate from and additional to departmental budgets and is administered jointly by MOD, DFID and FCO for conflict prevention and mitigation work. The Conflict Pool has been running since 2011. DFID’s allocation from the Conflict Pool in financial year 2014/15 was £39 million.

Details of Conflict Pool allocations are provided to Parliament annually in a Written Ministerial Statement.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
222950
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Conflict Pool
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk