PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
United Nations: Peacekeeping Operations (16 June 2021)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
In the financial year 2019-20, the UK expenditure on Defence's operational contributions to UN Peacekeeping was £29.3million, which equates to 6.2% of total expenditure on operations. This includes the deployment of contingent troops to Cyprus and Somalia, residual costs from the drawdown in South Sudan, net additional costs to prepare for the deployment to Mali, and the deployment of individual Military Staff Officers to seven UN Peacekeeping missions in total.
Answered by:
James Heappey (Conservative)
21 June 2021
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