Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department allocated to the Conflict Pool in (a) 2014-15 and (b) each of the five previous financial years.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Conflict Pool is funded from a Treasury settlement which is separate from and additional to departmental budgets and is administered jointly by MOD, DFID and FCO for conflict prevention and mitigation work. Details of Conflict Pool allocations are provided to Parliament annually in a Written Ministerial Statement. Links to the Statements for Financial Years 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 are given below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/67639/conflict-pool-annual-report.pdf
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmhansrd/cm100325/wmstext/100325m0003.htm#10032542000392
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110405/wmstext/110405m0001.htm#11040558000008.htm
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121119/wmstext/121119m0001.htm#1211195000006.htm
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130613/wmstext/130613m0001.htm#13061331000006.htm
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140624/wmstext/140624m0001.htm
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has allocated to the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The new Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) will replace the Conflict Pool in April 2015. The Conflict Pool received an allocation from the Treasury of £683m in 2014/15 - no allocation was made to the CSSF. The CSSF allocation from the Treasury for 2015/16 will be £1033m. Departmental allocations are being finalised and Parliament will be informed in due course.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of the United Arab Emirates regarding the decision of that government to include Islamic Relief on a list of terrorist organisations.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The list provided by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) included a broad range of different groups, numbering 85 in total. We are seeking further clarity from the Emiratis on their rationale for some of these designations, and any practical implications. Islamic Relief is not proscribed in the UK. The list of groups proscribed in the UK is available on the gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/380939/ProscribedOrganisations.pdf