§ Mr. ChurchillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the number of claims settled by his Department and the value of compensation award in each of the past 10 years for which figures are available; what was the average value of claims settled at constant prices(a) prior to the repeal of the Crown Proceedings (Armed Forces) Act 1987, (b) during ex-gratia period and (c) post 736W repeal; and what estimates of the total annual payments post-repeal were made by Ministers during the passage of the Act through Parliament.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.