§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the net book value was of(a) capital spares and (b) raw materials and consumables at the end of each month since April 2000. [44661]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 19 March 2002]: The net book value of capital spares and raw materials and consumables held by the Ministry of Defence at the end of each month since April 2000 was as follows:
£000 Financial month and year Capital spares RMC 2000 April 8,560,947 7,057,584 May 8,839,946 8,978,671 June 9,525,113 7,311,941 July 9,146,243 7,256,798 August 8,872,549 7,430,376 September 8,738,573 7,454,189 October 8,761,439 7,202,662 November 8,737,894 7,185,215 December 8,812,215 7,662,679 2001 January 8,690,831 7,613,195 February 8,611,383 7,508,409 March 8,509,752 7,394,542 April 7,809,878 6,099,338 May 7,445,061 6,061,659 June 7,312,296 6,116,666 July 7,412,866 6,322,058 August 7,302,155 6,383,351 September 7,010,435 6,202,675 October 7,078,693 6,250,770 November 7,034,986 6,407,108 December 7,130,288 6,414,625 2002 January1 7,034,578 6,212,182 1 This is the last month for which figures are currently available. The figures provided from April 2000 to March 2001 were consolidated within the Departmental Resource Accounts (DRAc) for that financial year, but the figures for stock were qualified by the Comptroller and Auditor 554W General when the accounts were audited. The figures from April 2001 onwards will be consolidated within the next DRAc, which will be audited later this year.