HM Treasury
- Budget 2006: Chapter 6 (22 March 2006)
Budget 2006 announces £800 million of provision for the Special Reserve in 2006-07, set aside from within existing public spending plans, to help meet the costs of Iraq, Afghanistan and other international commitments and further allocates £200 million from the Reserves in 2006-07 to support ongoing peacekeeping activity across the world through the Global Conflict Prevention Pool.
- Budget 2005 (March 2005)
Includes links to previous budgets.
Chapter 6: "In the 2004 Pre-Budget Report, the Government continued to make prudent provision for the costs of the military conflict in Iraq and its other international obligations, adding £520 million to the special reserve for 2004-05. In this Budget, the Government provides a further £340 million for the special reserve in 2004-05 and £400 million for the special reserve in 2005-06. Costs and provision will be reviewed again in time for the 2005 Pre-Budget Report."
- Pre-Budget Report 2004 (02 Dec 2004)
'Yesterday I announced £520 million for the Special Reserve for Iraq and our international obligations. And I thank our armed forces for their dedication and courage.
Having since September 11th doubled the budget to 2008 for security at home, I am releasing a further £105 million for necessary security measures to counter terrorism, enhance surveillance at ports and improve civil resilience. '
- Spending Review 2004 (July 2004)
Military expenditure will rise to £33.447bn in 2007-8. When Labour came to power in 1997 it was £20.945bn
- Budget summary 2004 (March 2004)
Predicted defence spending for 2004-5 was £27bn out of a total public spending of £488bn. This is the same as 2003-4.
- Pre-Budget Report 2003 (10 Dec 2003)
'To date the money spent or set aside for the war against terror including in Afghanistan and for our action in Iraq is £5.5 billion. I can tell the house that for Iraq £2 billion has been carried forward into the Special Reserve for 2003-4. And I believe it prudent and right today to set aside a further £500 million for this year, and an extra £300 million for next year: raising our allocations for the war against terrorism and for action in Iraq to £6.3 billion.'
- Budget 2003 (March 2003)
6.6 The 2002 Pre-Budget Report confirmed the Government's plans for public spending in 2002-03. The Pre-Budget Report also made a special contingency allocation of £1 billion to ensure that resources were available for the UK's international defence and security needs. These resources allowed the UK's armed forces to prepare, on a contingency basis, for the event that the Iraqi regime failed to comply with the conditions set down in United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution 1441.
6.7 The failure of the Iraqi regime to comply with the will of the international community as expressed in resolution 1441 led to the commencement in March of coalition military action to enforce these conditions. The Government has therefore increased its contingency provision to £3 billion to ensure that resources are available to cover the full cost of the UK's military obligations.
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