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Written question asked by Mark Francois (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 January 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 January 2007. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 29 January 2007 on behalf of the Treasury.


Iraq and Afghanistan

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2007, Official Report, column 421W, on Iraq and Afghanistan, how much he expects the Ministry of Defence to draw down from the Reserve to cover the cost of military operations in 2006-07.
Answer

The Ministry of Defence drew down £1.4 billion to fund the net additional cost of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of its 2006-07 winter supplementary estimate. The figure will be finalised in MOD’s spring supplementary estimate.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
456 c57W;456 c56W; 110816
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Finance Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan
Link
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