Peacekeeping Operations

Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the cost of operations in Iraq, broken down on the same basis as note 2.3 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08, was in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04;

(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.

Mr. Hutton
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:

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|                    |£ million|
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|Resource expenditure|187      |
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|Capital expenditure |34       |
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|Total               |211      |
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The breakdown of costs in 2002-03 and 2003-04 for Iraq and Afghanistan is:

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|                           |2002-03|2003-04    |
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|                           |Iraq   |Afghanistan|Iraq|Afghanistan|
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|Service pay                |30     |17         |196|10|
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|Civilian pay               |5      |12         |18|1|
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|Infrastructure costs       |53     |8          |75|5|
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|Stock consumption          |170    |33         |115|4|
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|Equipment support costs    |161    |128        |284|9|
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|Other costs and services   |134    |32         |209|6|
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|Receipts and other income  |3      |(6)        |9|1|
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|Total direct resource Del  |556    |224        |906|36|
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|Stock Provisions/Write off |0      |0          |0|0|
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|Provisions                 |(27)   |8          |(5)|0|
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|Depreciation               |100    |4          |132|0|
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|Cost of capital            |1      |0          |18|0|
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|Total indirect resource Del|74     |12         |145|0|
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|Total capital Del          |218    |75         |260|10|
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|Total all DELs             |848    |311        |1,311|46|
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