To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure per person was for telephone allowances as part of the deployment welfare package in the (i) first six and (ii) last six months of 2007-08. (210649)

The total expenditure on telephone allowances as part of the Deployment Welfare Package for the first six months of financial year 2007-08 was £9,232,564, and for the last six months was £10,358,096. The expenditure per person for the first six months was £504.34, and for the last six months was £579.76.