§ Lord Juddasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they last estimated the additional cost to the United Kingdom of NATO enlargement and what this cost is now estimated to be. [HL549]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)NATO Defence Ministers agreed last December, based on detailed analysis by NATO, that the cost to NATO budgets of admitting Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic would be some US$ 1.5 billion over 10 years. It is estimated that the UK's share will be £110 million.