Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 1993, Official Report, column 52W, on security services, how much expenditure by the security and intelligence agencies was contained in his Department's vote for financial years 1990-91 to 1993-94.

Information on the expenditure by the security and intelligence agencies prior to the creation of the single intelligence vote, introduced for financial year 1994-95, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.