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Written question asked by Ann Winterton (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 March 2010. It was answered by Lord Davies of Stamford (Labour) on Monday, 8 March 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much (a) aviation and (b) vehicle fuel for British forces in Afghanistan cost in each of the last five years.
Answer

The following table sets out the ground fuel and aviation fuel costs for Afghanistan for financial years (FYs) 2005-06 through to 2009-10, up to the end of January 2010.

£ million
Financial year Ground fuel Aviation fuel
2009-10 (end January 2010) 41.122 61.639
2008-09 48.890 66.317
2007-08 40.182 2.671
2006-07 5.447 2.866
2005-06 1.180 0.436
Total 136.821 133.929

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c19W; 319848
Session
2009-10
Related items
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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