The Report
of the Iraq Inquiry
US$351m from
CERPs in the four Iraqi provinces comprising Multi-National
Division
(South-East)
(MND(SE)).32
37.
In comparison,
between the UK financial years 2003/04 and 2008/09, DFID spent
at
least £100m
in MND(SE)33
and UK
forces spent £38m from UK funds on Quick Impact
38.
The UK
Government has not been able to provide the Inquiry with
information on the
total
amount of CERPs funding available to and used by UK military
commanders, but
has
provided documents that show available CERPs funding in some
financial years.35
39.
MOD briefing
provided for an October 2005 Parliamentary Question advised
that
US$74m of
CERPs funding had been “received and expended” by MND(SE) in
the
financial
years 2004/05 and 2005/06.36
40.
MOD briefing
for an October 2006 Parliamentary Question advised
that
US$66.2m of
CERPs funding had been allocated to MND(SE) in the US
fiscal
41.
In comparison,
in the UK financial year 2005/06, DFID spent some £35m
on
infrastructure
and job creation in MND(SE)38
and UK
forces spent £3m from UK funds
42.
Mr Geoff
Hoon, the Defence Secretary, wrote to Mr Blair on 31 May 2002
setting out
the
“preliminary conclusions” from the MOD’s contingency planning for
Iraq.40
A copy
of
his minute
was sent to Mr Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
43.
Mr Hoon
described three options for UK military deployment:
•
With three
months’ notice, the UK could deploy a medium‑scale force
comprising
air and
naval assets and a land force of 15,000 personnel. The cost of
preparing
32
Special
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Quarterly
Report and Semiannual Report to the
US Congress, 30
July 2009.
33
Paper DFID,
January 2010, ‘DFID Non‑Humanitarian Spend by Region’. Calculation
excludes DFID
funding for
humanitarian assistance, the World Bank and UN Trust Funds, and
programme support costs
such as
security, accommodation and communications. It is not possible to
produce a reliable estimate of
the
proportion of the funding provided for those purposes that related
to the South.
34
Statement
Macpherson, 15 January 2010, page 7.
35
Email MOD
[junior official] to Iraq Inquiry [junior official], 9 June 2014,
‘Iraq Inquiry – Queries Relating
to Resources’.
36
Note,
October 2005, ‘PQ1282S: Background Note’.
37
Note,
October 2006, ‘PQ06267S: CERP Funds FY06 (1 Oct 05 – 30 Sep
06)’.
38
Paper DFID,
January 2010, ‘DFID Non‑Humanitarian Spend by Region’.
39
Statement
Macpherson, 15 January 2010, page 7.
40
Minute Hoon
to Blair, 31 May 2002, ‘Iraq’,
attaching Paper MOD, [undated], ‘Annex B: Iraq
Contingency
Planning
Interim Conclusions’.
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