NATO

(asked on 27th October 2015) - View Source
Questioner
Martin Docherty-Hughes Portrait
Martin Docherty-Hughes
(Scottish National Party - West Dunbartonshire)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution his Department has made, excluding investment in Trident, to the NATO (a) civil budget, (b) military budget and (c) Security Investment Programme in each of the last three years.

Answered by
Michael Fallon Portrait
Michael Fallon
This question was answered on 9th November 2015

The amount contributed by the Ministry of Defence to NATO’s Military Budget and the NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP) in each of the last three financial years is as follows:


Financial Year

Military Budget

NSIP


£ million

£ million

2014-15

82.050

47.261

2013-14

109.741

53.287

2012-13

123.408

45.975


Both the Military Budget and NSIP amounts include UK contribution to NATO Operations and Missions. The contribution to both funding streams is based on the agreed NATO cost share for the UK of 10.479%.


The UK contribution to the NATO Civil Budget is funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


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