Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 his Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by by right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Defence (Gavin Williamson) on 29 November 2017 to Question 115305.