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SECTION 13.1
RESOURCES
Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 445
The cost of the UK’s intervention in Iraq ....................................................................... 445
How the UK’s intervention in Iraq was funded .............................................................. 447
Estimates and arrangements for funding military operations ........................................ 452
Agreement on arrangements for funding Urgent Operational Requirements ......... 458
Agreement on arrangements for reclaiming NACMO ............................................. 465
Estimates and allocations for non‑military activities ...................................................... 473
Humanitarian assistance and reconstruction .......................................................... 473
The first comprehensive estimate of costs, 19 February 2003 ........................ 484
Mr Blair’s 6 March 2003 meeting on post‑conflict issues ................................. 490
Humanitarian assistance in the UK’s Area of Operations ................................. 494
DFID secures additional funding from the Reserve ......................................... 496
Funding for a British Embassy and security ........................................................... 501
Accuracy of pre‑conflict estimates of costs ................................................................... 501
Funding for military operations in the post‑conflict period ............................................. 503
Cost of the UK’s post‑conflict military presence ..................................................... 503
Impact on operations of the MOD’s financial position, 2002 to 2004 ...................... 505
The MOD reflects on the reasons for its increased cash requirement ............. 518
The impact of the Treasury controls ................................................................. 520
Mr Brown’s evidence to the Inquiry on increases in the MOD’s core budget ... 521
New arrangements for funding Urgent Operational Requirements, July 2007 ....... 523
Funding for civilian activities in the post‑conflict period ................................................ 529
Initial funding for reconstruction .............................................................................. 529
Initial funding for Security Sector Reform ............................................................... 531
Pressure for additional funding, autumn 2003 ........................................................ 533
Pressure for additional funding for diplomatic representation and security ...... 533
Pressure for additional funding for reconstruction ............................................ 535
Funding military equipment for the Iraqi Security Forces ....................................... 541
Better Basra Plan, July 2006 .................................................................................. 544
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