Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of operations in Iraq since 30 September 2014.

Her Majesty's Treasury have agreed that the net additional costs of the military air operation, including the Tornado GR4s, Reaper and Voyager Air-to-Air Refuelling aircraft, can be met from the HM Treasury Special Reserve. A limit of liability of £41 million in Financial Year 2014-15 for this activity was agreed at the Supplementary Estimates in February 2015.

The net additional costs of training and equipping the Iraqi and Kurdish Security Forces as well as providing UK enablers is currently being met from the £50 million Deployed Military Activity Pool (DMAP). The net additional costs of the military support to the humanitarian mission in Iraq in August and September were £3.5 million; the Ministry of Defence has recovered the majority of these costs from the Department for International Development.