To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what actions have been taken by his Department to implement Work and Pensions Select Committee recommendations since the 2001-02 Session; and if he will make a statement. (78855)

The information requested by the hon. Member is not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the recommendations set out in the Defence Select Committee and other Select Committee reports are given very careful consideration by Defence Ministers and Ministry of Defence officials and we seek to implement them when we can. The Government Response to Select Committee reports makes clear whether the Committee’s recommendations are accepted.