(1)   In respect of the statement made on page 22 of the 2006-07 Defence Portfolio Budget Statement that “the Government has agreed to bring forward $625.0m of Defence Capability Plan Funding from beyond the forward estimates, including $153.9m into 2006-07. This is a result of improvements in project management performance of the Defence Materiel Organisation”; how does this reconcile with Table 1.1 on page 5 of that publication, which indicates that expenses of $337 million will be brought forward in 2012-13 and $343m in 2013-14, to a total of $680 million.

(2)   What specific improvements in the project management performance of the Defence Materiel Organisation have generated the savings referred to in Part (1) and, for each improvement identified, what sum will be saved (a) for each year of the forward estimates period and (b) during the period of the current Defence Capability Plan.

(1)   The variation between the figures on page 22 and Table 1.1 on page five is due to a different price basis being used. The figures in Table 1.1 are in out-turned dollars and the figures referred to on page five are in constant dollars.

(2)   The text quoted in part (1) of this question refers to reprogramming of the Defence Capability Plan, not to savings.