To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total UK expenditure towards support in training, equipping and deploying of military and protective services and border personnel in Iraq was in each year since 2003. (78909)

The Ministry of Defence has so far approved expenditure of £82.2 million to equipping the Iraqi security forces. The yearly approved expenditure is as follows:

The UK has also contributed £423,000 so far to the NATO training mission in Iraq, through the NATO Training Mission Trust Fund. The yearly approved expenditure is as follows:

Since 2004 the cross-Government Conflict Prevention Pools contributed over £22 million towards the training of the Iraqi security forces. The yearly approved expenditure is as follows:

All these projects commenced in 2004. We are unable to provide figures for 2003, as prior to this date expenditure on equipping Iraqi security forces came from the UK forces general budget for Iraq, and to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.