HC Deb 25 July 1991 vol 195 cc929-30W
Mr. O'Neill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will provide detailed figures of the operating costs and programme expenditure in top-level budgets described on page 61 of the 1991 "Statement of the Defence Estimates 1991" Cm. 1559.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Detailed figures for operating costs and programme expenditure in the top level budgets described on page 61 of the 1991 Statement on the Defence Estimates are as follows:

Operating costs £ million Programme expenditure £ million
CinC Fleet 717
Commandant General Royal Marines 191
British Army of the Rhine 1,692
Field Army 1,118
Assistant Chief of the General Staff 521 73
Strike Command 1,236
RAF Germany 358
Overseas Commands 520
Naval Home Command 514
Fleet Support 666 1,089
Quartermaster General 270 453
Army Individual Training Organisation 713
Support Command 739 33
Air Member for Supply and Organisation 250 1,112
Principal Personnel Officers 339 2,169
Other MOD TLBs 521 677
Chief of Defence Procurement 995
Defence Research Agency 626
Meteorological Office 59

Mr. O'Neill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide details of the amounts assigned to the top-level budget holders listed on page 60 of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1991", Cm. 1559; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The amounts assigned to the top level budgets listed on page 60 of the 1991 Statement on the Defence Estimates are as follows:

£ million
CinC Fleet 717
Commandant General Royal Marines 191
British Army of the Rhine 1,692
United Kingdom Land Forces 1,831
of which:
Field Army 1,118
Army Individual Training Organisation 713
Assistant Chief of the General Staff 594
Strike Command 1,236
RAF Germany 376
Naval Home Command 514
Chief of Naval Personnel 666
Fleet Support 1,755
Adjutant General 1,095
Quartermaster General 723
Support Command 772
Air Member for Personnel 746
Air Member for Supply and Organisation 1,362
Other MOD TLBs 1636
Vice Chief of Defence Staff 563
of which:
Defence Staff HQ 43
Overseas Commands 520
Chief of Defence Procurement 995
Defence Research Agency 626
Meteorological Office 59
1 "Other MOD TLBs" include the 2nd Permanent Under Secretary of State, Chief Scientific Advisor and Chief of Defence Intelligence. The figure cannot be disaggregated, for reasons of national security.

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