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Defence: Finance
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total defence budget is planned to be in each of the next two years. [245869]
Mr. Hutton: The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR07) settlement set the defence budget for the financial years 2009-10 and 2010-11. The total departmental expenditure limits for these years, as published in Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2008, are £35,371 million and £36,897 million respectively.
Democratic Republic of Congo: Peacekeeping Operations
Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the next discussion between EU defence ministers about EU military options for the Democratic Republic of Congo to take place. [246302]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: There are currently no plans for EU Defence Ministers to discuss EU military options for the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Departmental Accounts
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will break down in near cash terms the tables included in note (a) 24 of the MoD Resource Accounts 2001-02, (b) 25 of MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2002-03, (c) 26 of MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2003-04 and (d) 26 of MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2004-05; [245132]
(2) if he will break down in near cash terms the tables included in note 24 of the MoD Annual Report and Accounts (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and ( c ) 2007-08. [245133]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The expenditure in the notes requested is expressed in total resource costs terms. Near cash expenditure is not separately identified in the final resource accounts or the centrally held supporting records and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Consultants
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on the purchase of consultancy services, with reference to the Standard Chart of Account code 51401400, in 2007-08. [245120]
Mr. Kevan Jones: The Department's final audited outturn on the purchase of consultancy services, against the Standard Chart of Account code 51401400 which includes Management Consultancy of Business Performance, Financial and Accountancy Services, Corporate Governance and Audit in 2007-08 was £113 million.
This figure is reflected in the 2007-08 report “Summaries of the Ministry of Defence External Assistance Expenditure”, which is available in the Library of the House.
Departmental Contracts
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on contract and agency staff, with reference to the Standard Chart of Account code 51404000, in 2007-08. [245121]
Mr. Kevan Jones: The Standard Chart of Account code 51404000 which includes Management Consultancy of Business Performance, Financial and Accountancy Services, corporate Governance and Audit is no longer in use. Expenditure on contract and agency staff is now included within overall staff costs.
Using internal management accounts, the Department's final audited outturn on contract and agency staff in 2007-08 was £64 million. This category is for casual labour and employment agencies’ staff employed for less than 11 months.
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department plans to spend on contract and agency staff, with reference to the Standard Chart of Account code 51404000, in 2008-09 to 2010-11. [245122]
Mr. Kevan Jones: The Standard Chart of Account code 51404000, which covers Management Consultancy of Business Performance, Financial and Accountancy Services, Corporate Governance and Audit, is no longer in use. Expenditure on contract and agency staff is now included within overall staff costs.
Using internal management accounts, the Department's current forecast on contract and agency staff is £77 million. This category is for casual labour and employment agencies’ staff employed for less than 11 months.
The Department's plans for future spend on contract and agency staff are currently being examined in the Planning Round 2009.
Departmental Correspondence
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) letters and (b) e-mails received by his Department had not been responded to as at 15 December 2008. [244702]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
The Cabinet Office, on an annual basis, publishes a report to Parliament on the performance
of Departments in replying to correspondence from Members and Peers. Information relating to calendar year 2008 will be published as soon as it is collated. The report for 2007 was published on 20 March 2008, Official Report, columns 71-74WS.
Departmental Data Protection
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) desktop computers, (b) laptop computers, (c) hard drives and (d) memory sticks which have gone missing from (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each year since 2003 have since been recovered. [245085]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The following tables show the number of officially issued assets centrally reported as recovered from the MOD and its agencies since 2003. Some delayed reporting of recoveries of hardware has led to minor updates to the figures in this answer compared with information provided in previous answers. The following figures reflect the latest data held as at 18 December 2008.
| Figures for recovered desktop computers, laptop computers, hard drives and USB flash memory devices for the MOD from 2003 to 2008: | |||||||
| MOD recoveries by year | |||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Total | |
| Note: Memory sticks are defined by MOD as USB flash memory devices. | |||||||
| Figures for recovered desktop computers, laptop computers, hard drives and USB flash memory devices for the MOD agencies from 2003 to 2008 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| DT | LT | HD | USB | DT | LT | HD | USB | DT | LT | HD | USB | |
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