§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons Table la of his Department's expenditure plans 1999 –2000 to 2001 –02 does not contain entries for the years 2000 –01 and 2001 –02. [82516]
§ Mr. George RobertsonTable I a of "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999 –2000 to 2001–2002: Ministry of Defence" does not contain entries for the years 2000 –2001 and 2001 –2002 because I have not decided on the allocation of resources for these years. Internal plans for these years represent projections and planning assumptions used to inform advice to me and my Ministerial colleagues on the affordability of the various246W elements of the Defence programme. Such information is covered by Exemption 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.