asked the Minister for Defence the amount of money allocated to the Army Equitation School for each year since 1978; the number of horses bought by the school; and their names and grades; the amount of money won by riders from the school; the names of horses from the school who were put down; and the money, if any, received for such horses.

Expenditure on the purchase and maintenance of horses and on the attendance of riders and horses of the Army Equitation School at competitions each year since 1978 was as follows:

The corresponding provision in the Estimates for Defence for 1984 is £340,000.

A sum of £38,246 was expended on contract work carried out — or in progress — at the equitation school since 1978.

The numbers, names and classes of horses purchased for the equitation school each year since 1978 are as follows:

The total prize money won by Army riders each year from 1978 to 1983 is as follows:

The required details regarding horses put down are as follows:

No monies were received in respect of these animals.