§ Mr. GunnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total of actual payments made as salaries to British troops for their service in the former Yugoslavia to 30 June.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. GunnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what costs his Department has incurred through the deployment of British troops in former Yugoslavia.
§ Mr. HanleyThe cost of the British troop deployment in the former Yugoslavia to date is some £143 million. In accordance with long-established interdepartmental arrangements, my Department recovers the additional cost of United Kingdom participation for peacekeeping operations in the former Yugoslavia from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.