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Written question asked by Willie Rennie (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 9 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 November 2009. It was answered by Lord Davies of Stamford (Labour) on Thursday, 12 November 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Armed Forces: Uniforms

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on replacing the ceremonial uniforms of (a) the Grenadier Guards, (b) the Coldstream Guards, (c) the Scots Guards, (d) the Irish Guards and (e) the Welsh Guards in each of the last five years.
Answer

The annual expenditure for ceremonial uniforms for each of the listed Guard's Regiments in the last five financial years is provided in the following table. These figures include expenditure on hats, boots, belts, jackets, trousers and gloves.

£ million
Guard Regiment FY 2004-05 FY 2005-06 FY 2006-07 FY 2007-08 FY 2008-09
Grenadier Guards 0.154 0.038 0.170 0.349 0.282
Coldstream Guards 0.056 0.151 0.290 0.146 0.188
Scots Guards 0.045 0.028 0.172 0.069 0.185
Irish Guards 0.330 0.033 0.172 0.114 0.872
Welsh Guards 0.011 0.129 0.163 0.109 0.086

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
499 c700W; 299607
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Armed forces Uniforms
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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