Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-04-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding was allocated to the counter-proliferation programme in each of the last six financial years; and how much funding has been allocated to that programme for the 2016-17 financial year.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

The current allocation for the FCO Counter Proliferation Programme in 2016/17 is £3,490,591. Figures for the amount spent in previous years are provided below:

2015/16 – £2,495,771 (subject to end of financial year adjustments)
2014/15 – £1,616,576
2013/14 – £1,965,240
2012/13 – £3,133,999
2011/12 – £3,252,471
2010/11 – £2,416,828