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UK Defence statistics is an annual publication containing statistical information on all areas of defence, including: finance; personnel; formations, vessels, aircraft and vehicles of the armed forces; aircraft accidents, casualties, flying hours and vehicle accidents; military search and rescue; land holdings and buildings; Northern Ireland, military aid to civil authorities and conflict prevention. For example, some of the main findings include: defence spending, in the 2005/06 period totalled nearly £33.2 billion; the total value of MoD fixed assets was £95.3 billion as at 31 March 2006, whilst the value of land and buildings owned by the MoD totalled nearly £18.5 billion; in 2005/06, the MoD spent around £1.2 billion on conflict prevention worldwide, with the latest estimated cost in Iraq in 2005/06 being £958 million; in 2005 the total worldwide military expenditure is estimated to be just over US $1001 billion at 2003 prices, with the USA the world's largest military spender accounting for 48 per cent of worldwide expenditure in 2005, with the UK the second largest, at 5 per cent.