{"value":{"id":390077,"askingMemberId":547,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2015-07-15T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2015-07-29T00:00:00","uin":"HL1489","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated annual cost to the public purse of maintaining the United Kingdom's military presence in the Falkland Islands.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":2000,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The total annual running cost of the garrison in the Falkland Islands (including infrastructure costs) is around £85 million. In addition, as part of the Falkland Islands Defence Review, £180 million will be invested in improvements to the infrastructure over the next ten years.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Falkland Islands: Armed Forces","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/390077","method":"GET"}]}