NATO: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the Government contributed to NATO’s (a) civil budget, (b) military budget and (c) Security Investment Programme in each year since 1997. (181205)

The amount contributed by the UK to NATO’s civil budget, military budget and the NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP) since 1997 is as follows:

*£ million*
Financial year	Civil budget¹	Military budget²	NSIP²
1997-98	20.400	43.126	36.826
1998-99	16.100	46.021	54.168
1999-2000	16.300	38.529	45.350
2000-01	18.900	36.461	42.915
2001-02	17.900	53.100	62.493
2002-03	18.200	50.000	38.301
2003-04	18.700	36.578	45.813
2004-05	17.600	52.430	55.538
2005-06	17.842	43.926	54.575
2006-07	17.281	56.917	40.959
2007-08³	19.470	60.800	51.147
¹ The UK contribution to the NATO civil budget is funded by the FCO ² Funded by the MOD ³ Current in-year forecast

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the UK’s contribution to NATO common funding was allocated to NATO’s (a) civil budget, (b) military budget and (c) security investment programme in each year since 1997. (181210)

The proportion of the UK’s total contribution to NATO common funding allocated to the civil budget, military budget and NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP) since 1997 is as follows:

*Percentage*
Financial year	Civil budget¹	Military budget²	NSIP³
1997-98	20.33	42.97	36.70
1998-99	13.84	39.57	46.57
1999-2000	16.27	38.46	45.27
2000-01	19.23	37.10	43.67
2001-02	13.41	39.78	46.81
2002-03	17.09	46.95	35.96
2003-04	18.50	36.18	45.32
2004-05	14.02	41.75	44.23
2005-06	15.34	37.76	46.90
2006-07	15.01	49.43	35.56
2007-08⁴	14.82	46.26	38.92
¹ The UK contribution to the NATO civil budget is funded by the FCO ² Funded by the MOD ³ Funded by the MOD ⁴ Current in-year forecast

Volume 470: debated on Thursday 24 January 2008