Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's vehicle capitation rates; [173499]

(2) if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's aircraft capitation rates; [173500]

(3) if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's manpower capitation rates. [173501]

Anna Soubry, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans: Our current policy is to use actual costs wherever possible, for example in calculating the charge to be levied for services the Ministry of Defence provides externally. We therefore no longer issue capitation rates centrally; their compilation and use is at local discretion. The publication of such information would be prejudicial to our commercial interests.

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