To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2010, Official Report, column 501W on defence: expenditure, how much funding he has allocated from his Department's core budget to counter-terrorism activities in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.

The Ministry of Defence does not separately identify the specific sums from the core budget that will be spent on counter terrorism activities. There are a wide range of capabilities that the MOD holds and similarly a wide range of activities which the MOD undertakes as part of core business that may contribute towards counter terrorism. The majority of MOD counter-terrorism activities are, however, provided in support of other Government Departments, for which it is reimbursed.