Parliamentary questions

Links to the Hansard records of questions asked in the UK parliament about the financial costs of the Iraq war. Online resource www.theyworkforyou.com was very useful in putting together this list. It puts the UK Parliamentary record, Hansard, into a searchable format.

  • Question from Bob Spink (18 Jan 2007)

    Defence Expenditure: Iraq

    Adam Ingram replies: The costs of operations are calculated on a net additional basis and audited figures are published each year in the MOD's annual report and accounts. The total of the annual audited figures for the costs of operations in Iraq for the years 2002-03 to 2005-06 was £4,026 million. An estimated cost of £860 million for 2006-07 was included in the winter supplementary estimates published in November which is available in the Library of the House. Final figures will be published in the MOD's annual report and accounts for 2006-07.

  • Question from Vince Cable (30 March 2006)

    Adam Ingram replies: The cost of replacing military equipment damaged and destroyed in Iraq is estimated at around £100 million, including £40 million for aircraft and £28 million for helicopters. We do not currently plan to replace any tanks or armoured vehicles as we assess their fleet sizes are sufficient to meet planned out of service dates. These figures are included in annual estimates of the net additional cost of the operation as they are incurred.

  • Question from Vincent Cable (06 March 2006)

    Latest breakdown of MoD costs in Iraq:

    (numbers in £ million)

    2002–03 Operations in Iraq 629 Expenditure on Capital Equipment 218 Total 847

    2003–04 Operations in Iraq 1,051 Expenditure on Capital Equipment 260 Total 1,311

    2004–05 Operations in Iraq 747 Expenditure on Capital Equipment 163 Total 910

    Total £3,068million

    The estimated cost of £1,098 million for operations in Iraq for 2005–06 were included in the Spring Supplementary Estimates published in February

  • Question from Rob Wilson (02 March 2006)

    Cost of sending DfID staff and external consultants to Iraq:

    Mr. Rob Wilson:

    "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the cost to his Department was of (a) preparing and (b) deploying contracted (i) civil service and (ii) non-civil service (A) UK and (B) non-UK civilian personnel to Iraq between April 2003 and December 2005; and what the salary costs of these staff were in this period. [54296]"

    Hilary Benn:

    "Between April 2003 and December 2005, DFID spent £210,000 preparing DFID civil servants and consultants for deployment to Iraq. This covers pre-deployment hostile environment training, plus necessary equipment such as satellite phones, body armour, flak jackets and helmets. Our records do not disaggregate this figure between our own staff and project consultants or between UK and non UK personnel.

    DFID civil servants working on the Iraq programme in this period have cost £4.4 million. This includes salaries, overseas allowances, transfer costs and travel. Of this amount, £3 million was disbursed on salaries. Again, our records do not disaggregate these costs between those staff working in London and those working in Iraq, or between UK and non UK personnel.

    Most non-civil service personnel deployed to Iraq are engaged not individually, but through bigger contracts to implement projects. The total cost to DFID of all consultancy contracts in Iraq during this period was £31.4 million. Our records do not disaggregate this figure between fees, reimbursables and programme costs, or between preparation and deployment costs. Consultants receive fees rather than salaries, so it may be helpful to know that the average fees paid for a consultant working for DFID in Iraq are between £700 to £1,250 a day.

    In addition to the above costs, DFID also meets essential life support costs for all DFID staff and consultants who work in or visit Iraq. This includes security, transport, medical services, food and accommodation; we expect to disburse £55 million on this life-support between April 2003 and the end of the current financial year, ending 31 March 2006. This support is necessary and integral to the effective delivery of the humanitarian and reconstruction programmes that we run. "

  • Questions from Rob Wilson (27 Feb 2006)

    Cost of FCO security contracts and setup costs.

    Mr. Rob Wilson:

    "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was of private security companies contracted to his Department and operating in Iraq, between April 2003 and December 2005. [54290]"

    Dr. Howells:

    "The total contractual costs of private security companies contracted to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and operating in Iraq, between April 2003 and December 2005, was £110,342,718.

    Mr. Rob Wilson:

    "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was of (a) securing and (b) setting up the British Embassy buildings and compounds in (i) Baghdad and (ii) Basrah following the handover of sovereignty to the Iraqis; and what the cost was of securing the office for the UK representation in Kirkuk. [54294]"

    Mr. Straw:

    "Work to create our present Embassy and Consulate-General facilities in Baghdad and Basra respectively began under the Coalition Provisional Authority and is now nearing completion at an estimated total capital cost of £55 million, of which approximately 20 per cent. can be attributed to the capital costs of security works and installations. In Kirkuk the UK representative is located on the US compound, where office accommodation is provided at no capital cost. "

  • DFID Spending In Iraq (13 July 2005)

    DFID total monthly cost to the UK of civil operations in Iraq since March 2003.

  • Question From Mike Hancock (04 July 2005)
  • Question From Vincent Cable (21 June 2005)
  • Question from Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk, Con) (22 March 2005)
  • Question from Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk, Con) (22 March 2005)
  • Question from Mr Mudie (21 March 2005)
  • Question from Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow, Lab) (21 March 2005)
  • Question from Defence Select Committee (16 March 2005)
  • Question from Derek Conway (26 Jan 2005)
  • Question from Frank Dobson (13 Jan 2005)
  • Questions from Dr. Cable and Harry Cohen (17 Nov 2004)
  • Question from Sir Menzies Campbell (15 Nov 2004)
  • Question from Lord Lester of Herne Hill (25 Oct 2004)
  • Question from Mr. Hancock (04 Oct 2004)
  • Question from Mr. Pike (07 July 2004)
  • Question from Jeremy Corbyn (21 Apr 2004)
  • Questions from Dr. Cable and Tam Dalyell (01 Apr 2004)
  • Treasury committee (24 March 2004)
  • Questions from Mr. Swayne and Mr. Evans (04 March 2004)
  • Question from Mr. Cummings (22 Jan 2004)
  • Question from Jeremy Corbyn (20 Jan 2004)
  • Question from Harry Cohen (03 Dec 2003)
  • Question from Mr. Letwin (20 Nov 2003)
  • Question from Mr. Jenkin (18 Nov 2003)
  • Question from Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow, Lab) (03 Nov 2003)
  • The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Jack Straw) (30 Oct 2003)
  • Question from Mr. Keetch (23 Oct 2003)
  • Question from Mr. Chris Smith (20 Oct 2003)
  • Question from Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (14 Oct 2003)
  • Question from Mr. Flook (14 Oct 2003)
  • Question from Matthew Taylor (18 Sept 2003)
  • Question from Mr. Keetch (19 May 2003)
  • Question from Mr. Stephen O'Brien (02 Apr 2003)
  • Question from Dr. Jenny Tonge (10 Feb 2003)