To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the forecast cost of the Falcon programme from his Department's (a) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) indirect resource DEL and (c) capital DEL was on 31 March (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003, (iv) 2004, (v) 2005, (vi) 2006, (vii) 2007, (viii) 2008 and (ix) 2009. (275024)

Prior to 31 March 2007 the information is not held in the format requested and therefore could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

For 31 March 2007 to 31 March 2009 I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1144W.