HC Deb 29 October 2001 vol 373 cc515-6W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of the expenditure by his Department in each of the years(a) 1996–97, (b) 1997–98, (c) 1998–99, (d) 1999–2000, (e) 2000–01, (f) 2001–02 and (g) 2002–03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are

conjunction with the island's centenary celebrations. The Navy plans to visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines in February 2002.

The Army plans to send selection teams to St. Lucia in February and May 2002, and to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in July 2002 at the request of the respective Governments. The RAF has no current plans to recruit abroad.