To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost has been of British operations in Afghanistan in each month since operations began. [101281]

The monthly totals for 2001–02 are as follows.

	£million
Month
September	13.677
October	12.016
November	25.942
December	27.775
January	25.335
February	24.358
March	92.285
Total	221.388

I regret that since 2002–03 figures have not been audited, it might be misleading for me to provide that information on a monthly basis until the NAO audit has been completed. The forecast annual cost is £376 million.