Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 8 November 2016, Armed Forces Pension Scheme - Advance from the Contingencies Fund, HCWS249, when he was first made aware of the shortfall in the net cash requirement amount for the Armed Forces Pension and Compensation Schemes.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 November 2016 to Question 52701 to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins).