Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 November 2013 (Official Report, column705W)

The number of calls to each number for the period 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014 is provided in the table.