To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of British military engagement in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq was in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08; (216826)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost to his Department of operations in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan was in each year since 2001. (217007)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the additional expenditure from the Defence Budget required for military operations and equipment in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each year from 2001-02 to 2008-09 which was additional to original allocations under those headings; how much has been allocated from the contingency reserve to fund such expenditure in each of those years; and if he will make a statement. (216902)

The MOD does not make provision for the net additional cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, which is recovered from the Treasury Reserve. Between 2001-02 and 2006-07 the costs for these operations were:

We have requested a total of an additional £3,374 million from the Treasury Reserve in the Winter and Spring Supplementary Estimates to cover the net additional costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007-08.

Audited outturn figures will be published in the MOD's Annual Report and Accounts towards the end of July.

My right hon. Friend the Chancellor announced in his Budget speech that the estimated cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan would be at least £2 billion in 2008-09.