Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Manchester Evening News article, Greater Manchester is still owed £1 million by the government for battling last summer's moorland blazes, published on 6 February 2018, whether his Department has repaid any of the £70,000 given to it by the Greater Manchester combined authority.

Any expenditure incurred by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority may be reimbursed subject to a successful claim through the Bellwin scheme, which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.