United Nations: Peace Keeping Operations

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 4 June 2018.

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Photo of Nia Griffith Nia Griffith Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money the UN has reimbursed the UK for the provision of (a) personnel and (b) equipment for peacekeeping operations in each of the last eight years.

Photo of Mark Field Mark Field Minister of State

Our Government receives reimbursements from the UN for both personnel and equipment deployed on peacekeeping operations. For personnel (troop reimbursements) we received £5.5m in 2017/18, £3.7m in 2016/17, £3.1m in 2015/16, £2.9m in 2014/15, £3.5m in 2013/14, £2.7m in 2012/13, £1.1m in 2011/12 and £3.5m in 2010/11. These reimbursements are for our troop contributions to Cyprus (UNFICYP), Somalia (UNSOS) and South Sudan (UNMISS). For equipment contributions we received £121k in 2017/18, £59.2k in 2016/17, £17k in 2015/16, £16k in 2014/15, £45k in 2013/14, £0 in 2012/13, £0 in 2011/12 and £10k in 2010/11.

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