Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the deployment of UK armed forces to Mali is being funded through the conflict, stability and security fund; and if he will make a statement.

Net additional costs for the operation are approximately £80million over three years, provided from the Conflict Stability and Security Fund. The deployment is funded using non-ODA and is therefore not affected by the Government's recent announcement to reduce aid spending to 0.5% in 2021.