§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK service personnel have been deployed working on UN missions in each of the last five years; what the missions are; how many personnel have been involved in each mission; what the cost has been to the MOD; and if he will make a statement. [46674]
§ Mr. IngramThe Ministry of Defence does not hold information centrally in the form requested and this could he provided only at disproportionate cost. I can, however, provide details of involvement by service personnel in current UN missions, these details being a snapshot only, as numbers vary during the course of a year. The details, including estimated costs for financial year 2001–02, are set out in the table. Costs for UN missions are reimbursed to the MOD from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, who in turn are allocated funds from the Global Conflict Prevention Fund.
£ million Mission Country Number of UK personnel Cost UNOMIG Georgia 7 0.5 UNAMSIL Sierra Leone 22 2 MONUC D. R. Congo 6 0.6 UNIFICYP Cyprus 112 15.9 UNIKOM Kuwait 226 1 UNTAET East Timor 3382 0.4 1 UNIFICYP headquarters 2 British headquarters 3 Roulement regiment