HC Deb 01 May 2003 vol 404 c448W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the 2002 annual report of the Department will be published. [107868]

Dr. Moonie

The Ministry of Defence's annual report is published each autumn and covers the previous financial year. The annual report for 2001–02 was published on 22 November 2002. We plan to publish the report for 2002–03 in October of this year. A summary of the Department's performance against its Public Service Agreement at the mid-year point will be included in the Government's defence expenditure plans for 2003–04 to 2005–06 to be published by 16 May in common with all other spring departmental reports.