Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many FTE civil servants worked on the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017; and from which Government department those officials were sourced.

The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) uses both Official Development Assistance (ODA) and non-ODA resources. The value of CSSF’s budget allocation from ODA resources was £498.3m in Financial Year (FY) 2016/17, £549.5m in FY 2017/18 and £597.2m in FY 2018/19.

Details of where the Fund's money is spent can be found in the Fund's two annual reports which are on GOV.UK.

Information on the implementing organisations contracted by the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund is included in programme summaries which are on GOV.UK. Where there might be a risk to staff safety or security, the names of implementers are not published.

116.2, 227.3 and 287 FTE civil servants worked on the CSSF respectively in 2015/16, 2016/17, and 2017/18. Staff were sourced principally from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Department for International Development (DFID), Ministry of Defence (MOD), Home Office (HO), National Crime Agency (NCA) and Stabilisation Unit (SU). Staff from the following departments and agencies also worked on the CSSF: Government Legal Department; Department for Culture, Media and Sports; Department for Education; HM Treasury; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department for Transport; Department for Energy and Climate Change; Department for Work and Pensions; Ministry of Justice; HM Revenue and Customs; Metropolitan Police; Cabinet Office; National Offender Management Service; Police Scotland; Thames Valley Police; HM Prison & Probation Service; Police Sussex; Treasury Solicitor’s Department; Public Health England; Competition and Markets Authority; Maritime and Coastguard Agency; and the Crown Prosecution Service.