§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of the deployment of UK forces in the Balkans since 18 April. [83984]
§ Mr. George RobertsonAs at the end of April, £37 million of additional expenditure has fallen to my Department as a direct consequence of the UK's military response to the Kosovo crisis. This figure does not include the costs of replenishing stocks of expended ordnance or the costs of the UK's ongoing contribution to SFOR in Bosnia.