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I will try to answer his questions about the letter that my noble friend Lady Anderson sent. He asked why there is such a wide range from £3 billion to £28 billion and what is included in unexamined areas of spend. My noble friend’s letter outlines where these estimates come from, including a link to the NAO report, which publishes the detail. This can be seen in more detail in Appendix A, which states that the report took,