§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence which programmes set out in the Strategic Defence Review have been(a) cut, (b) delayed and (c) cancelled as a result of the costs incurred by the Kosovo deployment. [108743]
§ Mr. HoonThe costs of the Kosovo deployment have had no impact on programmes set out in the SDR. However, the Kosovo deployment has meant that we have not yet been able to implement as much of the SDR as we would have liked at this stage. Some force elements, particularly those in the Army's Formation Readiness cycle, whose training has been disrupted by the deployment to Kosovo, will not be at full readiness levels as soon as planned.