Mark Hoban - looking after the taxpayers money ?

Mr Darling has been kept busy no doubt assembling the information to the following Parliamentary questions which are down for written answer today - the replies should make interesting reading - but it is unlikely they will.

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Mr Mark Hoban ( CON Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms were put in place in his Department prior to March 2003 to estimate the likely cost of military operations in Iraq.
(148895)
27
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the value-for-money of expenditure on (a) military operations and (b) reconstruction in Iraq.
(148896)
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Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was allocated in the 2004 Spending Review to be spent on reconstruction in Iraq, broken down by (a) the Department to which it was allocated and (b) (i) capital and (ii) resource spending.
(148897)
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Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures his Department has in place for assessing the amount to place in the Special Reserve each year to cover the cost of operations in Iraq.
(148898)
30
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made before the 2003 Budget of the cost of the (a) war and (b) reconstruction in Iraq in each of the subsequent five financial years.

He also is keeping the Chancellor's fellow Scot, dour Des Browne busy...

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Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) his Department's final bid to HM Treasury for resources in the 2004 Spending Review and (b) the final settlement letter from HM Treasury setting out his Department's expenditure limits for the period covered by the Review.
(148892)
54
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's estimate was in March 2003 of the cost of operations in Iraq in each of the subsequent five financial years.
(148893)
55
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on operations in Iraq from (a) its annual Delegated Expenditure Limits for resource spending, (b) its annual Delegated Expenditure Limits for capital spending and (c) by drawing down expenditure from HM Treasury's unallocated special reserve in each financial year since 2002-03.

Curious that Mr Hoban varies between "military operations" , "operations"
and "war" not to mention "reconstruction" which will allow transcendent levels of confusion to arise over allocation of "capital" and "revenue spending" by Sir Humphrey.

Perhaps he simply wants not an accurate answer but just to bluster a bit to show how concerned he is about the housekeeping of UK PLC....hence another Question directed eslewhere ..

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Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in the Cabinet Office.

Mr Hoban also has 8 questions to the Minister of Health on costs etc., of mind numbing complexity.

..and a further 3 ..

97
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the expenditure of each of the research councils was on hospitality and entertainment in each year since 1997.
(148913)
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Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the projected (a) total budget and (b) administration costs of each of the research councils is for (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-10.
(148914)
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Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the (a) total expenditure and (b) total administration cost of each of the research councils was in each year since 1997.

Nor forgetting a further 3 ..

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Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what bodies his Department consulted in or before March 2003 on the likely cost of the reconstruction of Iraq in the event of military action being taken against that country.
(148904)
104
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's estimate was in March 2003 of the cost of reconstruction in Iraq in each of the subsequent five financial years.
(148905)
105
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on reconstruction in Iraq in each financial year since 2002-03.

Which makes one wonder if this paragon of industry in the Asking Questions department has any involvement in the curious question ...

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N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will set up an inquiry into the accounts of the Stuffed Shirt Company following its liquidation.
(148617)