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Conflict, Stability and Security Fund Allocations 2022-23

Volume 726: debated on Thursday 26 January 2023

I wish to update the House on the publication of the annual report of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) for financial year 2021-22, as well as to announce the initial regional and thematic allocations for this financial year (2022-23).

The CSSF is a cross-Government fund which uses official development assistance (ODA) and non-ODA funding to enable the integrated delivery of National Security Council priorities. In 2021/22, the CSSF spent £858.7 million against a final cross-government allocation of £864.2 million, representing 99.4% spend. A further breakdown of spend against regional and thematic allocation, by Department and by discretionary and non-discretionary spend is included in the FY 2021-22 annual report.

The report outlines how the fund evolved to deliver against the priorities set out in the integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy, including through the introduction of two new portfolios: international state threats which aims to improve the UK’s ability to detect and deter hostile state activity, and the gender peace and security portfolio, which seeks to use innovative approaches to addressing gender in post-conflict reconstruction work.

The report further demonstrates how CSSF programmes have delivered against the fund’s core principles, including through further improvements in the monitoring and evaluation of results to ensure value for money and effective delivery.

During this reporting period, the fund continued to adapt to address the ongoing impact of the covid-19 pandemic and played an important role in the UK’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A copy of this document will be deposited in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament and published on gov.uk.

The CSSF has allocated £889 million to portfolios for financial year 2022-23. This includes some over-allocation, following best practice, to ensure full spend by the end of the financial year.

FY 2020/21 Allocations (millions)

Allocation

Non-ODA

ODA

Total

Middle East North Africa

33.327

56.894

90.221

Eastern Europe, Central Asia

43.765

45.100

88.865

Africa (sub-Saharan)

34.759

37.000

71.759

Western Balkans

11.097

29.400

40.497

Overseas Territories

21.289

4.869

26.158

South Asia

10.172

30.145

40.317

Asia Pacific

3.526

11.200

14.726

Americas

0.000

8.000

8.000

Regional Total

157.936

222.608

380.544

Counter Extremism

14.674

20.526

35.200

Serious and organised crime

8.531

12.620

21.151

Cyber

14.531

11.550

26.081

Multilateral Strategy

3.581

4.387

7.968

Gender, peace and security

0.578

5.000

5.578

Migration

1.156

5.000

6.156

International state threats

11.560

2.000

13.560

National Security Communications Team

3.581

0.000

3.581

Thematic Total

58.192

61.083

119.275

Peacekeeping

234.159

76.466

310.625

ANISOM

30.000

0.000

30.000

MOD UN Ops Africa

28.617

0.000

28.617

MOD UNFICYP

6.263

0.000

6.263

Non-discretionary TOTAL

299.039

76.466

375.505

Corporate delivery support & other (this includes joint funds unit and pilot activities)

6.936

6.934

13.870

Total CSSF

522.103

367.091

889.194

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