To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the UK plans to make a financial contribution to support the introduction of the system for programme support and the international public sector accounting standards at the International Atomic Energy Agency, as referred to in the Director General's Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors in Vienna on 2 June 2008; and if he will make a statement. (210483)

I have been asked to reply.

The UK supports the proposed Agency-wide Information System for Programme Support (AIPS), which is necessary for the implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) within the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Funding mechanisms are still being explored within the IAEA Board of Governors; possibilities include making efficiencies within the IAEA, retention of part of the 2007 cash surplus, or voluntary donations by member states. There is no plan for the UK to make a financial contribution while this debate is ongoing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the budget for the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Security Fund was in the last period for which figures are available; and how much the UK committed to the Fund for that period. (210485)

I have been asked to reply.

The income of the IAEA Nuclear Security Fund (NSF) in 2007 was €17,758,000. In this period the UK contributed €3,041,000, making it the third largest state donor.