The Report
of the Iraq Inquiry
between 76
percent and 52 percent of DFID funding was allocated to programmes
in the
South.619
DFID’s
expenditure in the South peaked in 2005/06.
1051.
UK forces also
had access to significant amounts of US funding from
the
Commander’s
Emergency Response Program (CERPs) to spend on urgent relief
and
reconstruction
needs.
1052.
The Government
has not been able to provide a full breakdown of the amount
of
CERPs
funding used by UK military commanders, but it appears to have been
greater
than the
total amount provided by the UK for reconstruction. The US
allocated US$66m
from CERPs
to MND(SE) in 2005/06.620
In the same
year, in MND(SE), DFID spent
some £35m
on infrastructure and job creation621
and the MOD
spent £3m on QIPs.622
1053.
By April 2009,
the US had spent or allocated to ongoing projects US$351m
from
CERPs in
MND(SE), and spent or allocated to ongoing projects some US$3.3bn
from
all sources
in MND(SE).623
Over the
same period, in MND(SE), DFID spent at least
£100m624
and the MOD
spent £38m on QIPs.625
1054.
UK funding was
also available for Iraq from the Global Conflict Prevention
Pool
(and
subsequently the Stabilisation Aid Fund and the Conflict Pool).
Most of that funding
was
allocated to Security Sector Reform (see Section 12). The table
below sets out
expenditure
from the Pools.
619
Calculation
excludes DFID funding for humanitarian assistance, the World Bank
and UN Trust Funds,
and
programme support cost 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.
620
Briefing,
October 2006, ‘PQ06267S: CERP Funds FY06 (1 Oct 05 – 30 Sep
06)’.
621
Calculation
excludes DFID funding for humanitarian assistance, the World Bank
and UN Trust Funds,
and
programme support cost 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.
622
Paper DFID,
January 2010, ‘DFID Non-Humanitarian Spend by Region’.
623
Special
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Quarterly
Report and Semiannual Report to the
US Congress, 30
July 2009.
624
Calculation
excludes DFID funding for humanitarian assistance, the World Bank
and UN Trust Funds,
and
programme support cost 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.
625
Paper DFID,
January 2010, ‘DFID Non-Humanitarian Spend by Region’.
368