13.1  |  Resources

Cost of accommodation, security, medical services and life support

706.  From 1 July 2004, responsibility for providing accommodation, security, medical

services and life support (defined by the FCO as catering, laundry and cleaning)

was provided by the FCO and charged to other departments and agencies under a

Service Level Agreement (SLA).449 Charges were based on the number of personnel

each department and agency had in Iraq. The table below shows expenditure under

the SLA.450

Table 12: Cost of accommodation, security, medical services and life support (£000s)

British Council

DFID

FCO

MOD

UKBA

UKVisas

GCPP

Total

2004/05

1,107

24,083

27,102

6,128

110

1,773

60,307

2005/06

547

20,680

31,734

9,799

328

5,909

69,001

2006/07

472

10,368

30,186

6,716

330

12,766

60,841

2007/08

458

5,538

21,671

7,080

433

35,182

2008/09

426

5,580

22,605

5,542

306

34,461

2009/10

299

3,013

17,857

4,628

183

25,981

707.  Of the £296m spent by the FCO on diplomatic representation in Iraq and support

for UK secondees to the CPA, £192m (65 percent) was spent on security.451 The table

below shows FCO expenditure on security by financial year.

Table 13: FCO expenditure on security 2002/03 to 2008/09 (£m)

Diplomatic

representation/

support for the

CPA

(of which

security)

2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10

39 45 64 60 38 20 30

28 36 48 22 23 18 17

Total

296

192

449 Paper DFID, 21 December 2011, ‘A note on DFID Iraq programme admin spend for the Iraq Inquiry’.

450 Email FCO [junior official] to Iraq Inquiry [junior official], 23 May 2013, ‘Iraq – breakdown of charges

to depts. under Service Level Agreement’.

451 Paper FCO, 11 November 2011, ‘FCO Funding for Iraq 2002 – 2010’; Letter Cabinet Office [junior

official] to Iraq Inquiry [junior official], 1 December 2011, ‘Iraq Inquiry – Funding’.

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