§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much spending his Department(a) has incurred to date and (b) forecasts it will incur on preparations for possible United Kingdom entry into the European single currency; and if he will make a statement. [91181]
§ Mr. George Robertson[holding answer 13 July 1999]Any costs incurred to date would have been minor and accommodated within existing budgets. Their extent is not known centrally. Work is in train to establish processes for the identification and forecasting of possible future costs.