§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what payments the British Government received from foreign Governments following the conclusion of the Gulf war; on what conditions the money was paid out; and on what it was spent;
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Total dwellings London Birmingham Lancashire Berkshire Service married quarters 3,764 102 425 1,245 MOD Civilian Houses 0 0 0 219 Total 3,764 102 425 1,464 Vacant Dwellings Service married quarters 567 40 46 71 (2) if he will list the items on which the £660 million donated by the Kuwaiti Government to the British Government following the conclusion of the Gulf war was spent;
(3) whether any of the £660 million paid by the Kuwaiti Government to the British Government following the conclusion of the Gulf war was given on the understanding that it would be paid to British service men as a bonus; and what amount was so paid;
(4) what conditions were attached to the payment by the Kuwaiti Government to the British Government of £660 million following the conclusion of the Gulf war.
§ Mr. HanleyCash contributions made by other Governments towards the cost of the Gulf conflict are detailed in the answer given my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Mr. Hamilton) on 16 November 1992,Official Report, columns 46–47. These contributions, including that of the Government of Kuwait, were made unconditionally, save for those from Japan and Norway, who requested that their contributions be for logistical costs.
Apart from £25,000,000 contributed by Japan taken as an appropriation-in-aid of the Defence Budget in 1990–91, cash contributions were accounted for as consolidated fund extra receipts in the defence appropriation accounts, and thus offset the Government's increased expenditure arising from the conflict. Details of the Government's additional costs are listed in the minutes of evidence, pages 2 and 3, of the fifty-fifth report of the Committee of Public Accounts.