§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps have been taken to(a) post warnings on and (b) seal tanks and armoured personnel carriers destroyed by depleted uranium weapons in southern Iraq. [153874]
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§ Mr. IngramI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 January 2004, Official Report, column 537W to my hon. Friend the Member for Blaenau Gwent (Llew Smith).
§ Jeremy CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his latest estimate is of the total cost to his Department of military operations in Iraq since September 2002. [166416]
§ Mr. IngramInformation on the cost of operations in Iraq in 2002–03 was published as part of the Ministry of Defence's Annual Report and Accounts (page 135). Total operating and capital expenditure during this period amounted to –847 million. It is too early to give a definitive figure for costs in 2003–04, but total funding voted at Spring Supplementary Estimates for operations in Iraq amounted to £1.5 billion.