Written question asked by John MacDougall (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 March 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 10 March 2006. It was answered by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Friday, 10 March 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.

Iraq

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the cost to public funds of the Iraq war.

Answer

The net additional costs of operations in Iraq to 31 March 2005, as recorded in the Ministry of Defence's Annual Reports and Accounts, total £3,068 million as follows:

	£ million
Financial year	Amount
2002–03	847
2003–04	1,311
2004–05	910

Estimated annual costs for operations in Iraq of £1,098 million in 2005–06 were included in the MoD's Spring Supplementary Estimate. Final figures will be published by the MoD in their Annual Report and Accounts for 2005–06 following audit by the NAO.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 57734; 443 c1809W;443 c1809W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Costs Armed conflict Finance Iraq Peacekeeping operations
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Iraq

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