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DEFENCE

Bosnia

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the value is of total outstanding claims against third party drivers deemed negligent in Bosnia in cases where reminders have been sent to the Ministry of Justice there. [34362]

Mr. Touhig: The total value of the three outstanding claims against third party drivers deemed negligent in Bosnia in cases where reminders have been sent to the Ministry of Justice is £18,729.

Army Vehicle Repairs

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State forDefence how many (a) Warrior and (b) CVR(T) vehicles have undergone fourth line maintenance in the past 10 years; and to which Army Base Repair Organisation site they were despatched. [33579]

Mr. Ingram: All level 4 activity for Warrior and CVRT has historically been undertaken at ABRO Donnington. ABRO's records only go back as far as 1999–2000 and the output since then is as follows:

	Warrior	CVRT
1999–00	53	134
2000–01	91	158
2001–02	97	161
2002–03	88	149
2003–04	79	133
2004–05	77	132

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the expected throughput of (a) Warrior and (b) CVRT vehicles is for fourth line maintenance at the Army Base Repair Organisation Bovington site. [33581]

Mr. Ingram: As the trade union consultation process on the transfer of activity to Bovington has not concluded, the detailed planning has still to be finalised by ABRO, therefore precise information is not as yet available.
 
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The intended throughput for level 4 activity at Bovington, based on the indicative requirements is as follows:

	Warrior	CVRT
2007–08	47	62
2008–09	55	66

BAE Systems (Saudi Arabia)

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence at how many meetings over the past year held between the Defence Export Services Organisation's (DESO) Regional Directorate 1 overseas staff based in Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems (a) the issue of agents to be used by BAE Systems in Saudi Arabia has been raised and (b) advice and information has been provided to BAE Systems by DESO's overseas staff. [33921]

Mr. Ingram: The Defence Export Services Organisation Regional Directorate responsible has one member of staff based in Saudi Arabia who has not been contacted by BAE Systems regarding the use of agents in the last year.

Departmental Finance

Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Winter Supplementary Estimates 2005–06 (HC 672), for what reasons actual expenditure under Request for Resources 1: Provision of Defence Capability in the first six months of the current financial year has exceeded forecasts. [32701]

John Reid: The forecast figure reported in table 1.6 of the MOD's 2005–06 Winter Supplementary Estimates was incorrect. HM Treasury will issue a correction notice.

The revised forecast will be £16,748.9 million, which is still slightly below the provisional out-turn. This is because Forecast Expenditure is profiled evenly across the year, but actual expenditure may not match this detailed profile exactly.

We expect to be within budget at year end.

Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Winter Supplementary Estimates 2005–06 (HC 672), if he will break down the (a) current and (b) revised Request for Resources 1 provision for each of his Department's top level budget holders by (i) direct resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (ii) indirect resource DEL and (iii) capital DEL. [32702]

John Reid: The main estimates split between direct and indirect resources for each top level budget holder (TLB) is set out in table 1 as follows:
Table 1: Composition of direct and indirect DEL by TLB at main estimates 2005–06 £000

TLB	Direct RDEL	Indirect RDEL	Total
Commander-in-Chief Fleet	1,395,994	2,128,000	3,523,994
General Officer Commanding (Northern Ireland)	481,825	127,662	609,487
Commander-in-Chief of Land Command	4,184,573	1,435,867	5,620,440
Commander-in-Chief Strike Command	1,890,373	1,781,751	3,672,124
Chief of Joint Operations	386,115	158,473	544,588
Chief of Defence Logistics	3,803,680	3,766,363	7,570,043
2nd Sea Lord/Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command	645,497	82,976	728,473
Adjutant General (Personnel and Training Command)	1,570,024	170,730	1,740,754
Commander-in-Chief Personnel and Training Command	751,006	159,998	911,004
Central	2,060,284	256,119	2,316,403
Defence Estates	827,602	146,808	974,410
Defence Procurement Agency	1,626,315	836,916	2,463,231
Corporate Science and Technology	507,943	(4,000)	503,943
Total	20,131,231	11,047,663	31,178,894

 
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The revised winter supplementary estimates split between direct and indirect resources for each top level budget holder (TLB) is set out in table 2 as follows:
 
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Table 2: Revised composition of direct and indirect DEL by TLB at winter supplementary estimates 2005–06 £000

TLB	Direct RDEL	Indirect RDEL	Total
Commander-in-Chief Fleet	1,434,270	2,132,205	3,566,475
General Officer Commanding (Northern Ireland)	449,571	105,396	554,967
Commander-in-Chief of Land Command	4,197,035	1,396,796	5,593,831
Commander-in-Chief Strike Command	1,965,203	1,868,531	3,833,734
Chief of Joint Operations	358,112	150,255	508,367
Chief of Defence Logistics	4,439,816	3,202,526	7,642,342
2nd Sea Lord/Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command	659,936	85,207	745,143
Adjutant General (Personnel and Training Command)	1,586,602	172,193	1,758,795
Commander-in-Chief Personnel and Training Command	759,547	170,708	930,255
Central	1,876,209	543,373	2,419,582
Defence Estates	890,353	135,091	1,025,444
Defence Procurement Agency	1,808,613	739,582	2,548,195
Corporate Science and Technology	506,288	(4,200)	502,088
Total	20,931,555	10,697,663	31,629,218

The Capital DEL allocations by TLB are set out in the 2005–06 main estimates in column 7, pages 276–77. The revised capital DEL allocations by TLB are set out in column 7, page 207 of the Part 11: Revised subhead detail including additional provision" section of the winter supplementary estimates.

Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the winter supplementary estimates 2005–06 (HC 672), for what reasons the total additional net resource requirement is lower than the additional net cash requirement. [32705]

John Reid: The additional cash requirement includes capital and resource expenditure. In accordance with HM Treasury consolidated budgeting guidance for 2005–06 the total additional net resource requirement excludes capital expenditure, and therefore a lower figure is shown than in the additional cash requirement.

Far East POWs

Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he held with representatives of Far East prisoners of war before his decision to offer compensation for distress caused by his Department's failure to set out the eligibility criteria clearly to non-qualifying claimants for the ex-gratia payment scheme for Far East prisoners of war. [32339]

Mr. Touhig: I met my hon. Friend, the Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore), who is chairman of the Far East Prisoner of War All Party Parliamentary Group on 13 September, and took the opportunity to discuss the Department's intentions with respect to the level of compensation and the likely reaction of those affected. I also took advice from officials who had previous contact with some of those affected and their representatives, and who therefore had an appreciation of the distress that our maladministration has caused.

Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what criteria were used in arriving at the figure of £500 compensation awarded to non-qualifying claimants for the ex-gratia payment scheme for Far East prisoners of war for distress caused by his Department's failure to set out the eligibility criteria clearly. [32340]

Mr. Touhig: The payment is for any distress which may have resulted from the loss of expectation of a payment under the scheme. The amount reflects the extent of that expectation and the length of time that those involved have had to wait for a resolution. The award is at the upper end of the scale of what the Ministry of Defence would pay in cases where there has been similar maladministration of our pension and War Pension schemes.

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