§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost has been of preparation to move(a) service personnel and medical auxiliaries and (b) military equipment to locations in the Gulf regions in the last 12 months. [84215]
§ Mr. IngramThe cost of preparing equipment and personnel for routine movement to and from the Gulf is not recorded separately and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 29 October 2002, Official Report, column 709W setting out the overall additional expenditure incurred by the Ministry of Defence as a direct result of operations in the Gulf from 1992–93 onwards.