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date	19/12/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British American Security Information Council: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding support they give to the British American Security Information Council; and for what purposes.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL12473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office allocated £49,874.00 to the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) in Financial Year 2018 to 2019. This supported a project on 'Foregrounding Nuclear Responsibilities', which aims to foster international understanding and constructive dialogue among moderate nuclear and non nuclear-armed states on the responsibilities of nuclear weapons possession and disarmament. We also provided £7,281.44 to BASIC in Financial Year 2017 to 2018 for a research paper and two private roundtables, in order to inform the international conversation on Nuclear Security Assurances and support the rules-based international system and institutions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/01/2019 17:01:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

390068

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	NATO: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the United Kingdom contribution to NATO's civil budget in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL1480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The figures for the last 5 years for which they are available are in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DATE (UK FINANCIAL YEAR)</strong></p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK CONTRIBUTION TO NATO CIVIL BUDGET (£GBP)</strong></p></td><td><p>21,304,775.80</p><p> </p></td><td><p>22,629,075.15</p><p> </p></td><td><p>19,213,066.08</p><p> </p></td><td><p>19,391,543.64</p><p> </p></td><td><p>18,438,652.39</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Civil Budget ceiling has been maintained at Zero Nominal Growth for the last five years, with the exception of pensions. The UK contribution to the civil budget each year takes account of other variables: monthly amendments to account for changes in the official exchange rate between the pound and the Euro; NATO adjustments to the call for contributions from Allies to allow for an offset of income received by NATO such as bank interest and for under spends on the budget; and adjustments in the percentage contribution attributable to the UK, which are calculated biannually on the basis of countries’ Growth National Income, and on the number of NATO members contributing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/07/2015 13:06:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

390017

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	NATO
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many copies of the NATO Fact Sheet "Russia's top five myths about NATO" have been circulated (1) in the United Kingdom, and (2) to members of both Houses of Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL1452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The British Government has not circulated any North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) fact sheets in the UK or to Members of Parliament or the House of Lords. However, we do commend them to all Members as an excellent resource, and I attach NATO’s “Russia’s top five myths about NATO” fact sheet to this answer and am placing a copy of it in the Library of the House. This and other fact sheets are freely available on NATO’s website. NATO’s own figures show that around 7700 UK-based users have accessed its “NATO-Russia relations: the facts” webpage, while many thousands more have engaged with its content via social media. Additionally, since the start of the Russia/Ukraine crisis the Government has regularly exposed Russian myths through social media, including promoting NATO’s myth busting content. We will look for further opportunities to bring such valuable info to the attention of this House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/07/2015 11:49:51 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns attachment 1 file name NATO FACT SHEET -russia-top5-myths.pdf title fact sheet 'Russia's top five myths about NATO'
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

390018

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	NATO
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on publicising NATO and its role in the United Kingdom for each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL1453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally in the format requested, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/07/2015 11:49:09 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

390019

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	NATO
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of zero nominal growth in NATO's civil budget on the additional tasks given to NATO at the Wales Summit.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL1454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The British Government places the highest priority on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) delivering the commitments made at the Wales Summit, which will strengthen the Alliance to ensure it is able to respond to the full range of new and emerging threats. Good progress has been made in 2015 towards delivering the Wales package with Zero Nominal Growth civil budgets in place. For example NATO has reprioritised resources towards Cyber Defence, enabling its funding to rise by 116 per cent within existing resources. The NATO Civil Budget for 2016 remains under discussion, but we are pressing NATO to continue to prioritise resources as necessary towards delivering the Wales agenda. We support the Secretary General’s drive for adaptation of the organisation, which we hope will promote greater prioritisation and smarter use of resources, allowing NATO to respond quickly to evolving security challenges.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/07/2015 11:48:58 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen