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Defence Aviation Repair Agency

Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency's (DARA) turnover in 2003–04 came from (a) his Department and (b) the private sector; and for
 
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what reasons this information was not included in DARA's 2003–04 Annual Report and Accounts (HC 699, 2003–04). [206699]

Mr. Ingram [holding answer 21 December 2004]: DARA's turnover for 2003–04 can be analysed by customer as follows:

	£000
Contracts directly with the MOD	160,188
Contracts with the Private Sector where the ultimate customer is the MOD	28,677
Contracts with the Private Sector where the ultimate customer is a third party	673
Total turnover	189,538

The only analyses of turnover that are required to be shown in the Accounts are to give a breakdown by business and geographical segment where appropriate. Note 2 to the Accounts explained that 'substantially all of the turnover relates to the same class of business' and therefore no further breakdowns were required.

Dentistry

Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average cost of dental provision for a serviceman in (a) the UK, (b) Germany and (c) Cyprus was in the last period for which figures are available. [206602]

Mr. Caplin: The average cost of dental provision for a serviceman in the UK is £215.69 per person based on the current patient at risk (PAR) population. The Defence Dental Agency provides dental care to a mixture of personnel in Germany and Cyprus, which includes dependents and entitled civilians, as well as service personnel. It is not possible to separately identify the discreet costs of treating service personnel alone in those countries, except at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Costs

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on energy costs incurred by his Department in each of the last two years. [200799]

Mr. Caplin: Since 2000–01 the Ministry of Defence has reported aggregated utilities (gas, electricity and water supply) expenditure in the departmental resources and accounts. Separate energy costs are not collated. Expenditure on utilities is published in the National Statistics Publication: UK Defence Statistics 2004: Table 1.8a Defence Expenditure Outturn in the UK by Industry Group. A copy is available in the Library of the House.

Departmental Equipment

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost was to his Department of equipment purchased from other members of the European Union in each of the last five years. [205916]

Mr. Ingram: Identifying work on equipment (including development and manufacture) which is purchased from other members of the European Union is
 
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complicated by internationally collaborative tasks (e.g. Typhoon), joint venture companies and international companies.

Estimates of expenditure paid by the Department (excluding its Trading Fund Agencies) for the last five years are provided in the following table. These estimates are compiled from location of work information associated with individual contractual payment data made by the Defence Bills Agency and EU partner work shares on international collaborative projects.
£ million (in current prices)

	Amount
1999–2000	670
2000–01	860
2001–02	830
2002–03	1,020
2003–04	1,000

The numbers have been rounded to the nearest £10 million and are inclusive of non-recoverable VAT.

In 2001–02 the Department introduced Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) moving from the cash system that employed "Internal Account Codes" (IACs). Systems were still in transition in 2002–03. In 2003–04 Resource Accounting Codes (RACs) were fully implemented throughout the MOD systems. The move from IACs to RACs changes the method for identifying equipment spends and causes a break in the time series.

Departmental Expenditure

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent by his Department on (a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. [205596]

Mr. Caplin: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997. [205610]

Mr. Caplin: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of refurbishments in his Department was in each year since 1997; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005–06. [205672]

Mr. Caplin: "Refurbishment" is not a term which the Ministry of Defence uses in gathering or recording financial information about the estate, as it can be regarded as capital or maintenance expenditure depending on the circumstances. Work on buildings which might be categorised as "refurbishment" can range from minor modifications and maintenance, to the complete restoration of buildings, and the replacement of machinery such as lifts. Historic information is not held centrally or on a consistent basis and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
 
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Departmental Properties

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many properties are held by the Department; what total floor space these properties provide; how many properties are vacant; and how much floor space vacant properties comprise. [206490]

Mr. Caplin: The Department's building assets are listed at Chapter 7 of the 2001 National Asset Register which is maintained by HM Treasury and which is freely available on their website:

www.hm-treasury.gov.uk./media/135/OB/217.pdf.

Since 2001 there have been some 80 major disposals which are set out in the table below. In addition to freehold buildings, the Ministry of Defence also has in the order of 220 agreements to occupy buildings and parts of buildings. The above excludes housing.

The floor area of the Department's buildings was last calculated for the year 2002 and is now estimated to be in the order of 26 million/m ² .
Major disposals 2001–02 to date

Burscough depot	2001–02
Stirling Lines, Hereford	2001–02
RAF Burtonwood (phases)	2001–02
Rogers House pay office, Ashton under Lyne	2001–02
76 Newton Street Manchester	2001–02
TA centre Knightsbridge Newcastle (phases)	2001–02
Ypres Barracks Macclesfield	2001–02
TA centre Lumley Barracks York	2001–02
Borehamwood, Elstree Factory	2001–02
Cardinqton	2001–02
Chilwell, pt Chetwynd Bks	2001–02
Hilton Joint Venture	2001–02
Rosyth, Torridon Lane, Dr., PI, Grampian PI, Ct. Road	2001–02
Dunalister House/Laverockdale cottage/polo fields	2001–02
Arbroath, 2 to 20 (even) Hunter Road, 2 to 12 (even) Leach CL & Southern CL	2001–02
Edinburgh—Polton Estate	2001–02
Steeple Barracks, Antrim	2001–02
RAF Mansion	2001–02
RD Thatcham	2001–02
St. George's Court	2001–02
TACBrighton	2001–02
Tolworth	2001–02
TAC Whitefield Road, Bristol	2001–02
St. Budeaux 52 MQs	2001–02
Frater Metal Tents	2001–02
Sutton Coldfield—St. Georges Bks—TA	2001–02
Locking	2001–02
Aston Down	2001–02
Arras Lines Catterick Garrison	2002–03
Little Roodee MQs	2002–03
RAF Burtonwood (PHASES)	2002–03
Hilton JV	2002–03
Watton USVF MQs Phase 1 (20 units)	2002–03
Watton USVF MQs Phase 2 (15 units)	2002–03
Watton USVF MQs Phase 3 (39 units)	2002–03
Pease Hill Development Site	2002–03
Helensburgh Churchill Estate (50)	2002–03
Forres MQs—Pilmuir Estate (60)	2002–03
Glasgow, Wellesley House	2002–03
Farnborough Aerodrome—TAC Lease	2002–03
Queen Elizabeth Bks, Church Crookham	2002–03
Rushgrove St. Woolwich	2002–03
TAC Slough	2002–03
TAC Cobham	2002–03
TAC East Ham	2002–03
TAC Finchley	2002–03
TAC Heston	2002–03
HMS Mercury-Leydene	2002–03
Land at Wyvern Barracks (North Site)	2002–03
Portsdown Main	2002–03
RNCF Holton Heath	2002–03
ABRO Ashford Barracks (cash in 3 Tranches AP1, AP1 2 and AP1 1(03–04)	2002–03
Peel Circus Corsham	2002–03
Stafford Site 3	2003–04
Kitchener House ACF, Lammascote Road	2003–04
Gilwern House Chester (Land & House)	2003–04
Deysbrook Barracks Liverpool	2003–04
St. Athan	2003–04
Chicksands pt	2003–04
Wyton MQs—Somerset Road	2003–04
Stiles Way Antrim	2003–04
Rosyth, 2–50 (evens) 13–23 (odds) Grampian Road	2003–04
RE Lines/St. Lucia	2003–04
Hayes Repository PPP	2003–04
Hospital Hill Aldershot Health Ctr Site	2003–04
RAF Manston	2003–04
Staff College Bracknell (tranches to Feb 2009)	2003–04
Highwood Bks TAG Dulwich	2003–04
TAG Centre Gillingham	2003–04
TAG Greenhithe	2003–04
19 USAF Properties & 5 Langton	2003–04
SEF, Exeter	2003–04
Stirling—Drip Camp	2004–05
Longcross Bks—balance	2004–05
RAF West Drayton	2004–05
Alma Dettingen	2004–05
TAC Dulwich	2004–05
Long Marston	2004–05
TAC St. Albans	2004–05
Edinburgh TAG Chesser Crescent	2004–05

 
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Information on vacant property is not held centrally nor in the form requested and could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, a list of the Department's surplus property is regularly placed in the Library of the House.

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