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Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 February 2008. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 March 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation: Finance

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) annual budget of and (b) UK contribution to the Organisation for Joint Armament co-operation was in each year since 1997.
Answer

The UK contributions to the Organisation for Joint Armaments Cooperation (OCCAR) budgets for each year from 1997 are as follows. Annual budget information for OCCAR has not been provided as disclosure would prejudice relations between the UK and other OCCAR member states.

Table 1: Operating costs
UK contribution to budget UK contribution (estimated using an average of the general accounting rate for that year)
1997 DM0.229 million £0.104 million
1998 DM0.185 million £0.071 million
1999 DM0.210 million £0.076 million
2000 €2.713 million £1.799 million
2001 €2.967 million £1.840 million
2002 €3.743 million £2.329 million
2003 €4.023 million £2.614 million
2004 €4.737 million £3.271 million
2005 €3.341 million £2.328 million
2006 €3.246 million £2.291 million
2007 €2.870 million £2.006 million
2008 €3.174 million £2.235 million
Table 2: Equipment costs
UK contribution to budget (€ million) UK contribution (estimated using an average of the general accounting rate for that year) (£ million)
2003 45.144 29.335
2004 124.228 85.783
2005 206.304 143.724
2006 215.100 151.835
2007 293.233 204.939
2008 449.327 316.427

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
190690; 473 c294W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Finance OCCAR
Link
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