\u200bThe 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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4210", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-07T17:01:19.487Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "British American Security Information Council: Finance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding support they give to the British American Security Information Council; and for what purposes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/672", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Robertson of Port Ellen"} ], "uin" : "HL12473"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390068", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390068/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The figures for the last 5 years for which they are available are in the table below:<\/p>
DATE (UK FINANCIAL YEAR)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> 2013-14<\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> UK CONTRIBUTION TO NATO CIVIL BUDGET (£GBP)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21,304,775.80<\/p> <\/p><\/td> 22,629,075.15<\/p> <\/p><\/td> 19,213,066.08<\/p> <\/p><\/td> 19,391,543.64<\/p> <\/p><\/td> 18,438,652.39<\/p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> 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\u2019 Growth National Income, and on the number of NATO members contributing.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what was the United Kingdom contribution to NATO's civil budget in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390017/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 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\u2019s \u201cRussia\u2019s top five myths about NATO\u201d 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\u2019s website. NATO\u2019s own figures show that around 7700 UK-based users have accessed its \u201cNATO-Russia relations: the facts\u201d 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\u2019s myth busting content. We will look for further opportunities to bring such valuable info to the attention of this House.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s 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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government how much has been spent on publicising NATO and its role in the United Kingdom for each of the last three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390019/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 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\u2019s 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>"}
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