To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there has been any nugatory cost to his Department and its agencies relating to tendered procurement where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there has been any nugatory cost to his Department and its agencies relating to tendered procurement where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on entertainment in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on entertainment in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department and its agencies in each of the last three financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department and its agencies in each of the last three financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on branding and marketing activity in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on branding and marketing activity in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (a) all staff and (b) staff at senior civil service level in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the 2007-08 financial year; and how many payments were made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (a) all staff and (b) staff at senior civil service level in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the 2007-08 financial year; and how many payments were made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department and its agencies have attended the (a) Influencing with Integrity, (b) Emotional Intelligence, (c) Counselling Skills for the Workplace, (d) Managing your Confidence, (e) Balancing Work/Life Realities and (f) Working Assertively training course run by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department and its agencies have attended the (a) Influencing with Integrity, (b) Emotional Intelligence, (c) Counselling Skills for the Workplace, (d) Managing your Confidence, (e) Balancing Work/Life Realities and (f) Working Assertively training course run by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will break down by sub-heading the payment of £55 million per year to the main contractor for his Department's main building.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will break down by sub-heading the payment of £55 million per year to the main contractor for his Department's main building.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by senior civil service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by senior civil service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 month period for which information is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 month period for which information is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on end-of-year bonus payments in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies spent on end-of-year bonus payments in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has to make use of data on the national identity register when it is established; and what the estimated cost to his Department of that use is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has to make use of data on the national identity register when it is established; and what the estimated cost to his Department of that use is.