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To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of the war in Afghanistan to date. [HL4144]
MoD identifies the costs of operations in terms of the net additional costs it has incurred. The costs that would have been incurred regardless of the operation taking place, such as wages and salaries, are not included. Savings on activities that have not occurred because of the operation—such as training exercises—are taken into account in arriving at the net figures.
The total annual costs of operations in Afghanistan since 2001 are set out below:
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09* Total to Date* Resource Costs (£M) 187 236 36 58 148 560 1,071 1,656 3,952 Capital Costs (£M) 34 75 10 9 51 178 433 967 1,757 Total (£M) 221 311 46 67 199 738 1,504 2,623 5,709
Note: The figures for 2008-09 are provisional outturn figures that are subject to final audit.
Our forecast cost for operations for 2009-10 will be published in main estimates shortly.