Development Expenditure

HC Deb 25 March 2002 vol 382 cc552-3W

Mr. Jenkin

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the net book value of development expenditure at the end of each year in the period 1997–98 to 2002–03; and if he will show the development expenditure made in each year. [44662]

Mr. Ingram

The information requested is shown in the table.

£ billion
Year	Net book value of development expenditure1	Development expenditure made this year
1997–98	2—	2—
1998–99	318.6	2—
1999–2000	319.3	31.3
2000–01	319.9	31.0
2001–02	420.6	41.3
2002–03	n/a	n/a
1 As at 31 March of each year.
2 Reliable data on development expenditure are unavailable in Resource terms for this period.
3 These data are taken from the Departmental Resource Accounts for 1999–2000 and 2000–01.
4 Estimate.

Notes:

1. All figures are expressed in billions and are rounded to the nearest decimal place.

2. n/a = data not yet available