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Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Friday, 6 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 July 2007. It was answered by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Monday, 3 September 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on operations in Iraq from (a) its annual Delegated Expenditure Limits for resource spending, (b) its annual Delegated Expenditure Limits for capital spending and (c) by drawing down expenditure from HM Treasury's unallocated special reserve in each financial year since 2002-03.
Answer

The net additional costs of operations in Iraq are met from the Treasury's Reserves and not the Department's Expenditure Limits.The total of the annual audited figures for the costs of operations in Iraq for the years 2002-03 to 2005-06 are as follows:

Cost of operations (£ million)
2002-03
Resource Expenditure 629
Capital Expenditure 218
Total 847
2003-04
Resource Expenditure 1,051
Capital Expenditure 260
Total 1,311
2004-05
Resource Expenditure 747
Capital Expenditure 163
Total 910
2005-06
Resource Expenditure 798
Capital Expenditure 160
Total 958

A total estimated cost of £1,002 million for 2006-07 was included in the Spring Supplementary Estimates published in February. Final figures will be published in the MOD's Annual Report and Accounts for 2006-07.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
148894; 463 c1624-5W
Session
2006-07
Related items
Iraq: Peacekeeping operations
Monday, 29 October 2007
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Iraq Peacekeeping operations
Link
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