Written question asked by Alice Mahon (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 December 2002. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 December 2002 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) preparing tanks for desert conditions, (b) enhancing medical support to improve hygiene conditions in field hospitals, (c) speeding up the purchase of temporary disposable accommodation, (d) improving military ambulances, (e) extra training in service and (f) communications and call up of reservists, in the event of war with Iraq. - No figures given. Ref to Exemption 1 (defence, security and international relations) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Answer: Mrs. Mahon:: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) preparing tanks for desert conditions, (b) enhancing medical support to improve hygiene conditions in field hospitals, (c) speeding up the purchase of temporary disposable accommodation, (d) improving military ambulances, (e) extra training in service and (f) communications and call up of reservists, in the event of war with Iraq. [84133] Mr. Hoon: I am withholding the information requested under Exemption 1 (defence, security and international relations) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 84133; 395 c695W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Armed forces Costs Armed conflict Ambulance services Communication Housing Health services Iraq Equipment Training Reserve forces Tanks Iraq conflict
Contains statistics: Yes
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