Written question asked by Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 2 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 March 2004. It was answered by Ivor Caplin (Labour) on Monday, 15 March 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many bills were processed by the Defence Bills Agency in fiscal year 2002-03; what the total value of the bills was; and what the total amount paid out was in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2000-01. - Inc table and figure.

Answer: Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many bills were processed by the Defence Bills Agency in fiscal year 2002-03; what the total value of the bills was; and what the total amount paid out was in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2000-01. [159243] Mr. Caplin: In 2002-03, the Defence Bills Agency processed 4,537,462 bills.The value of the bills processed by DBA in each of the last three years was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 2002-03 17,462 2001-02 16,986 2000-01 15,914 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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