Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has received from the Department for International Development for its operation in support of hurricane hit islands in 2017.

The detailed costs of the Defence response to hurricanes Irma and Maria are being compiled and will be reported on in due course.

The Ministry of Defence will recover the majority of its additional costs from the cross-Government Immediate Response fund established for the relief effort. Any additional costs will be funded from the Deployed Military Assistance Pool, which exists to support unforeseen short term military activity.

The cross-Government fund includes contributions from the Conflict Security and Stabilisation Fund, Department for International Development and the Treasury Reserve.