§ Mr. Keith SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the occasions since May 1997 when alternative studies have been initiated for procurement programmes once a preferred supplier has been selected, indicating the cost of those studies in each case. [118971]
§ Dr. Moonie[holding answer 17 April 2000]: Information of this sort is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.