§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the involvement of the United Kingdom in Bosnia has so far cost the United Kingdom. [32445]
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe have so far contributed over £271 million in aid to the former Yugoslavia—£136 million bilaterally and £135 million through the European Union—and incurred net costs of £292 million for our contribution to UNPROFOR and the Sarajevo airlift. Our commitments to NATO's Deny Flight operation and to 263W Operation Sharp Guard have been £33 million and £1 million respectively. In addition, we have contributed £10.9 million towards the European Community monitoring mission and £1.1 million to the international conference on former Yugoslavia.
There have been other costs to our involvement in the former Yugoslavia, but this information can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.