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These figures are average monthly figures, collated by the OTC units. December figures are as at 11 December. Actual activity levels vary from month to month and are typically low during exam periods and holidays.

Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what categories of service personnel train at the Officer Training Corps; and which of those categories (a) receive and (b) do not receive payment while undertaking such training. [307272]

Bill Rammell: The categories of service personnel involved in training at the Officer Training Corps are as follows:

Permanent Staff Regular Army staff;

Permanent Staff Group A Territorial Army (TA) staff; and

Territorial Army (TA) Group B Officer Cadets (Students).

Following the temporary in-year savings measures introduced in October 2009, the only categories currently receiving pay are Regular Army personnel, group A TA staff and those group B officer cadets who are TA second lieutenant instructors delivering military leadership development programme levels 1, 2 and 3 training. Bursars are receiving their bursars grants but are unpaid for officer cadet activity.

All remaining officer cadets have temporarily had their pay suspended.

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 801-4, on the future defence programme, what assessment he has made of the effects on (a) the Defence Training Review and (b) RAF St Athan of implementation of the measures announced in the statement. [309271]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: My oral statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 801-4 does not impact upon the Defence Training Review and RAF St. Athan.

Armed Forces: Weapons

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Javelin missiles, (b) multiple rocket launcher rockets and (c) mortar rounds have been fired in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the cost is of each missile fired in each category. [306745]

Mr. Quentin Davies: The following table sets out the number of Javelin missiles, guided multiple rocket launcher system rockets and mortar rounds that have been fired on operations and in training in the last 12 months:

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			Mortar
	Javelin( 1)	GMLRS( 1, 2)	81mm	60mm( 1)	51mm
2008
December	70	50	8300	-	-
2009
January	80	40	21200	500	-
February	55	25	18100	100	-
March	35	45	17700	1000	-
April	35	60	6800	-	-
May	50	45	11200	200	-
June	30	45	14000	200	300
July	50	20	7900	100	-
August	70	40	6800	300	-
September	15	20	7800	300	200
October	55	15	11000	-	300
November	35	5	14800	800	-
(1) These rounds of ammunition are procured from overseas and therefore the costs are subject to exchange rate fluctuations. (2 )Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System. Note: Figures have been taken from a variety of sources, including operational records, and accuracy cannot therefore be fully guaranteed. The figures do not necessarily relate to when fired, but often when ordered. All figures have been rounded to the nearest five in the case of Javelin and GMLRS and 100 for mortar rounds.

The approximate current cost per Guided Multiple Launch Rocket is £68,000.

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The Javelin missiles fired in the last 12 months have been procured under two different contracts. The average cost of each missile would have been approximately £49,000.

The cost of 51mm mortars ranges from approximately £80 to approximately £160 depending on the variant fired. The cost of 60mm mortars ranges from approximately £185 to approximately £640 depending on the variant fired. We do not hold data for the expenditure of 60mm mortars in all months. The cost of 81mm mortars ranges from approximately £190 to approximately £890 depending on the variant fired.

Defence: Expenditure

Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on defence in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. [308662]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The MOD's total expenditure (outturn), in near cash and non-cash, including and excluding the cost of all military operations for each year since 2001-02 is as follows:

£000
		2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Total MOD outturn	Near cash	24,511,054	26,930,775	27,795,583	28,876,022	29,635,000	31,245,735	31,820,049	35,568,736
	Non-cash	13,483,254	21,180,812	12,734,259	10,233,569	11,664,951	9,943,505	11,723,214	10,080,378
	Total	37,994,308	48,111,587	40,529,842	39,109,591	41,299,951	41,189,240	43,543,263	45,649,114
Less military operations	Near cash	550,597	1,381,971	1,349,132	1,039,093	1,201,921	1,731,368	2,744,977	3,696,650
	Non-cash	35,488	54,148	144,298	72,930	65,170	65,250	286,938	394,554
	Total	586,085	1,436,119	1,493,430	1,112,023	1,267,091	1,796,618	3,031,915	4,091,204
Net MOD outturn	Near cash	23,960,457	25,548,804	26,446,451	27,836,929	28,433,079	29,514,367	29,075,072	31,872,086
	Non-cash	13,447,766	21,126,664	12,589,961	10,160,639	11,599,781	9,878,255	11,436,276	9,685,824
	Total	37,408,223	46,675,468	39,036,412	37,997,568	40,032,860	39,392,622	40,511,348	41,557,910

The Department did not produce full accounts until the introduction of Resource Accounting and Budgeting for the financial year 2001-02. Prior to this, the Department's outturn was reported in the end of year 'Appropriations Accounts and Estimates Reports'. Copies are placed in the Library of the House. Appropriations accounts do not, however, separately identify the cost of operations or the costs of the security and intelligence services, and that information is not held centrally. The figures for this current financial year will be available in the annual report usually published in July.

The only way to compare historic MOD defence spending is through the near cash element of the budget, as laid out in the spending review letters, but this does not include all aspects of the MOD spend, e.g. depreciation and cost of capital.

1997-98 MOD near cash budget was £21,800 million.

2009-10 MOD near cash budget is £31,921 million.

2010-11 MOD near cash budget is planned to be £33,328 million.

Departmental Air Travel

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's policy is on the accumulation and use of air miles by his Department's personnel flying at public expense. [308487]

Mr. Kevan Jones: Crown servants travelling by air on MOD business, paid for from public funds, must not make private use of frequent flyer bonuses that arise as a result of that expenditure, for example air miles. They may, however, collect such bonuses to enable them to use the associated benefits in respect of official travel. The receipt of any benefits accruing from official travel must be recorded in hospitality books.

These rules apply to all MOD civilian staff and service personnel, described collectively as "Crown servants".

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