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date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Middle East: Military Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Government has paid in compensation for civilian harm since 2001 in respect of (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq and (c) Syria.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	18983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>In respect of Afghanistan, both the compensation and claimants' legal fees paid by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for unlawful detention and mistreatment claims by Afghan nationals are subject to a confidentiality undertaking between the MOD and the claimants' solicitors and we are unable to disclose the information at this time.</p><p>In respect of Iraq, the MOD has previously disclosed that £19.66 million was paid in compensation to an early tranche of claims by Iraqi nationals alleging unlawful detention and mistreatment. Further similar claims and the claimants' legal costs are subject to a confidentiality undertaking and we are unable to disclose the information at this time.</p><p>The MOD's legal and administration costs of dealing with these claims are not centrally recorded.</p><p>In respect of Syria, no claims have been received.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 18984 question first answered 24/06/2022 08:40:55 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1470752

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Middle East: Military Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost was of administration and legal fees relating to all civilian harm compensation claims since 2001 in respect of (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq and (c) Syria.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	18984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>In respect of Afghanistan, both the compensation and claimants' legal fees paid by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for unlawful detention and mistreatment claims by Afghan nationals are subject to a confidentiality undertaking between the MOD and the claimants' solicitors and we are unable to disclose the information at this time.</p><p>In respect of Iraq, the MOD has previously disclosed that £19.66 million was paid in compensation to an early tranche of claims by Iraqi nationals alleging unlawful detention and mistreatment. Further similar claims and the claimants' legal costs are subject to a confidentiality undertaking and we are unable to disclose the information at this time.</p><p>The MOD's legal and administration costs of dealing with these claims are not centrally recorded.</p><p>In respect of Syria, no claims have been received.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 18983 question first answered 24/06/2022 08:40:55 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith