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Written question asked by Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) on Wednesday, 23 March 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 March 2011. It was answered by Peter Luff (Conservative) on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Peacekeeping Operations

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many urgent operational requirement requests were made in each of the last five years; how many such requests resulted in an equipment purchase; and what the total cost of such purchases was in each year.
Answer

Over the last five years, the Ministry of Defence has approved some 820 requests for funding for equipment through the urgent operational requirements process for Iraq and Afghanistan, at a cost of around £5.7 billion. Based on centrally available records the breakdown for each of the last five financial years is estimated as follows:

Financial year (FY) Number approved¹ Total approval cost¹ (£ million)
2006-07 230 790
2007-08 240 1,550
2008-09 150 1,400
2009-10 100 840
2010-11 100 1,130
Total 820 5,710
¹ Nearest 10

These figures include the protected mobility package (financial year 2008-09) and light protected patrol vehicle programme (financial year 2010-11).For financial year 2010-11, the figures given are the approval for the financial year to date, noting that it is not yet complete.The estimate of the number of requests for funding we have approved includes some business cases that have been subject to re-approvals as requirements have evolved, and some that will have been provided for both Iraq and Afghanistan. For these reasons, a single capability may have been counted more than once in these numbers.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
49542; 526 c392-3W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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