Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total project cost paid from the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) for the M&C Saachi PR campaign in Tunisia was; and what the role of that project is in fulfilling the aims of the CSSF to reduce conflict and promote security.

The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) is a cross government fund, which delivers and supports security, defence, peacekeeping, peace-building and stability activity around the world.

This CSSF project provides technical assistance to support the Tunisian civil service to transparently communicate with citizens in order to support the development of effective, accountable institutions that promote good governance. Cabinet Office civil servants undertake implementation of this project. M&C Saatchi were competitively appointed to offer creative services to the Cabinet Office and do not work directly with the Tunisian government. The value of this sub-contract is up to £275,000.