§ Mr. ViggersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of each of the reserves and auxiliary forces, distinguishing between Regular Reserves and Volunteer Reserves and identifying separately the cost of the(a) Territorial Army, (b) Royal Naval Reserve, (c) Royal Marine Reserve, (d) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves and (e) Royal Auxiliary Air Force, and specifying the constituent parts of each figure in the last year for which figures are available. [108907]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 9 February 2000]: The information is not available in the format requested and cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost. I can, however, identify total expenditure by Service during 1998–99 as follows:
£ million Navy Reserve Forces Pay 6.646 Navy Bounty Payments 3.025 Army Reserve Forces Pay 94.908 Army Bounty Payments 30.780 Royal Air Force Reserve Pay 6.993 Royal Air Force Bounty Payments 0.057 Total 142.409