Reserve Forces: Finance

Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the planned funding for the (a) Royal Marines Reserve, (b) Royal Naval Reserve and (c) Royal Fleet Auxiliary is in the financial years (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09.

Mr. Bob Ainsworth
These organisations do not have distinct, identifiable budgets. Costs are managed functionally rather than organisationally. But the following indicative figures are available for forecast expenditure in 2007-08:

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|                                       |                                                                                                                                                                               |£ million|
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|Royal Navy Reserve                     |Pay and allowances.                                                                                                                                                            |7        |
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|Royal Marines Reserve                  |Pay and allowances.                                                                                                                                                            |3        |
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|Royal Navy Reserve/Royal Marine Reserve|Utilities, rent of accommodation, transport, travel and subsistence. Excludes stores consumption and IT.                                                                       |4        |
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|Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)            |RFA manpower costs, training and travel and subsistence; new build, maintenance and asset depreciation/cost of capital for RFA ships. Excludes fuel, stores consumption and IT.|350      |
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Spending plans for future years are being reviewed in the current Departmental planning round.