Asked by: Lord Radice (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many United Kingdom nationals are employed in Ukraine as part of the British Embassy.
Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns
There were 17 UK based staff working in our Embassy in Kyiv on 28 February 2015. In addition, there are UK nationals working as local staff in the Embassy.
Asked by: Lord Radice (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the United Kingdom's contributions to aid provided by the European Union to Ukraine in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
The UK’s contributions to aid provided by the European Commission to Ukraine totalled £11.7 million in 2011, £17.9 million in 2012 and £17.4 million in 2013. Official European Commission spending figures are yet to be released for 2014.
Asked by: Lord Radice (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what direct aid the United Kingdom has provided to Ukraine in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
The UK Government has committed £10 million of bilateral support for governance and economic reform in Ukraine for financial years 2014/15 to 2015/16. In addition £15 million of humanitarian assistance to Ukraine was announced by the Prime Minister on 23 February 2015.
In 2014/2015 the UK also allocated £9 million through the Conflict Pool to support activities in Ukraine.
In 2013/14 the UK provided £713,000 of support through the Conflict Pool to Ukraine to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission.
During the financial year 2012/13 the UK Government did not provide Ukraine with bilateral assistance.
Asked by: Lord Radice (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) the United Kingdom has spent on defence in each of the last five years; and under present medium-term plans what percentage of GDP defence expenditure is expected to be over the next five years.
Answered by Lord Astor of Hever
The percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) the United Kingdom has spent on Defence in each of the last five years, is shown below.
Financial Year | % of GDP spent on Defence |
2009 - 10 | 2.6% |
2010 - 11 | 2.6% |
2011 - 12 | 2.6% |
2012 - 13 | 2.3% |
2013 - 14 | 2.1% |
The United Kingdom expects to spend 2% of GDP on Defence this year and next year. Decisions for 2016-17 and beyond will be a matter for the next Spending Review.