To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s RfR 1 operating cost statement (level 4 view) for each financial year since 2001-02. (176283)

The Departmental Operating Cost Statement (OCS) is a consolidation of OCSs by Top Level Budget (TLB) and includes Request for Resources (RfR) 1, 2 and 3.

RfR l and 2 data are not held centrally at level 4 (Resource Account Code). Extraction of the RfR 2 data from the consolidated OCS, to produce an OCS for RfR l at level 4 could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.

An OCS in the summarised format produced for the Department Resource Accounts for RfR l can be produced for the period 2001-02 to 2006-07 and I shall place a copy in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's RfR 1 balance sheet (level 4 view) for each financial year since 2001-02. (176284)

The departmental balance sheet is a consolidation of balance sheets by top level budget and includes request for resources (RfR) 1, 2 and 3. Balances at the year end are not identified by individual RfR and construction of a balance sheet for RfRl from source data could be provided only at disproportionate cost.