To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much back pay was owing to Territorial Army soldiers who have seen active service in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan on the latest date for which figures are available; what steps are being taken to make payments which are owed; and if he will make a statement. (259408)

[holding answer 2 March 2009]: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

There are no known systematic problems with any back pay owed to TA soldiers who have undertaken active service in Iraq or Afghanistan.