§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the planned operational range of the European Peacekeeping Corps. [106394]
§ Mr. HoonMember states of the European Union have expressed their determination to be able to act in support of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. They have set themselves a headline goal describing the level of capabilities they wish to achieve by 2003. They are not setting up a standing peacekeeping corps. The scale and range of possible future operations will depend on circumstances.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what specialised British sub-units will be tasked to the European Peacekeeping Corps. [106193]
§ Mr. HoonAt the Helsinki European Council, EU member states committed themselves to improving their military capabilities, including a specific headline goal of being able to assemble, deploy rapidly and sustain up to 50,000–60,000 troops for Petersberg Tasks, including peacekeeping. There is no intention to create a Standing European Peacekeeping Corps.
EU member states have not yet defined their national contributions towards the headline goal. In the event of an EU-led crisis management operation, the make-up of
64Wthe largest amounts of revenue are realised. These figures are derived from those reported to the Treasury and Parliament in the Department's annual Fees and Charges return and for that reason do not extend beyond 2000–01.
All the charges listed can be used to offset the expenditure to which they relate. In some cases, retained receipts will count as negative expenditure in national accounts aggregates but in other cases, may score as tax revenues.
Charges are raised for a number of other activities of insufficient value to warrant inclusion in the Fees and Charges return, but this information is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
any UK contribution would depend on the specific circumstances of the operation and UK commitments elsewhere.