Iraq Mr. Hague To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate she has made of the proportion of unspent funds in the Iraqi budget in each of the last three financial years. Mr. McCartney The following table contains estimates of Government of Iraq (GoI) planned and actual revenue and expenditure between 2004 and 2007 in millions of Iraqi Dinars. The financial year in Iraq runs on our calendar year. We do not hold accurate estimates for expenditure figures for 2004 as this marks the transition from the Coalition Provisional Authority to the Interim Iraqi Government. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2004 |2005 |2006 |2007 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Budget estimate of revenues1 |21,729,100|28,958,608|45,392,304|42,064,530| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Budget estimate of expenditures2 |n/a |35,981,168|50,963,161|51,727,468| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Estimate of final revenues3 |26,595,000|36,655,000|49,265,000|n/a | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Estimate of final expenditures4 |n/a |29,130,000|38,922,000|n/a | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Source: GoI budget. This excludes some items including grants from donors and some government operations including sale of State Owned Enterprises.2 Source: GoI budget. This excludes some items including donor financed spending and subsidies in kind to state owned enterprises.3 Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF) published reports4 Source: IMF published reports.| | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------