§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will give the total estimated cost of the Falklands War indicating in which financial years the cost was incurred.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Viscount Cranborne)The estimated cost of the Falklands campaign was some £1.8bn at outturn prices. Cost fell in the financial years indicated in the table below. The figures include the cost of replacing, where appropriate, equipments and stores lost or consumed during the campaign but do not include costs which would have been met had the campaign not taken place, such as pay.
£ million 1982–83 1780 1983–84 246 1984–85 241 1985–86 175 1986–87 169 1987–88 111 1988–89 43 1989–90 6 1990–91 6 1991–92 3 1 This figure includes garrison costs.
Cost of United Kingdom participation (£m) 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 UNFICYP (Cyprus) 23.77 24.84 26.34 29.93 33.78 UNPROFOR (Croatia/Bosnia) — — — — 64.31 UNTAG (Namibia) — 1.25 — — — MINURSO (Western Sahara) — — — 0.06 0.61 UNIKOM (Iraq/Kuwait) — — — 0.03 0.82 UNTAC/UNAMIC (Cambodia) — — — 0.01 0.83 Gross cost 23.77 26.09 26.34 30.03 100.35 Reimbursed by UN 2.36 2.50 3.09 5.01 2.70 Net cost 21.41 23.59 23.25 25.02 97.65 Owing to the system of UN financial administration, reimbursements are not necessarily made within the accounting period concerned. Further reimbursements are expected and net costs are therefore likely to be substantially lower than those quoted at present.