(2) what the cost of operations in Afghanistan, broken down on the same basis as note 2.3 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08, was in each financial year from 2001-02 to 2003-04.
The costs for Afghanistan in 2001-02 were not compiled in the format now used in our annual reports and cannot be reproduced on the same basis. The major cost areas for that year were:
£ million Resource expenditure 187 Capital expenditure 34 Total 211
The breakdown of costs in 2002-03 and 2003-04 for Iraq and Afghanistan is:
2002-03 2003-04 Iraq Afghanistan Iraq Afghanistan Service pay 30 17 196 10 Civilian pay 5 12 18 1 Infrastructure costs 53 8 75 5 Stock consumption 170 33 115 4 Equipment support costs 161 128 284 9 Other costs and services 134 32 209 6 Receipts and other income 3 (6) 9 1 Total direct resource Del 556 224 906 36 Stock Provisions/Write off 0 0 0 0 Provisions (27) 8 (5) 0 Depreciation 100 4 132 0 Cost of capital 1 0 18 0 Total indirect resource Del 74 12 145 0 Total capital Del 218 75 260 10 Total all DELs 848 311 1,311 46