HC Deb 09 March 2000 vol 345 c816W
30. Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest costs to the contingency fund of(a) civil and (b) military actions in Kosovo. [112247]

Mr. Andrew Smith

No advances from the Contingencies Fund have been made to Departments in respect of military or civil actions in Kosovo. There have however in the course of the current financial year been allocations from the Reserve of £396 million in respect of military operations and £154 million in respect of peacekeeping, humanitarian and refugee programmes.