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Written question asked by Madeleine Moon (Labour) on Monday, 25 April 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 April 2016. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 May 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Defence: Procurement

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much production work by (a) value and (b) numbers of jobs has been undertaken by employees in the UK on UK defence contracts placed with US defence companies in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not currently collate information on how much production or support work is undertaken in the UK or US on UK defence contracts, either by value or number of jobs. A comprehensive breakdown of which MOD contracts placed over the last five years are with UK or US suppliers is also not held centrally.

The MOD routinely publishes statistics on contracts it places on gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-trade-and-industry-index. This includes an overall estimate of MOD expenditure for work undertaken in the UK and lists all organisations with which we have spent £5 million or more in the financial year. These statistics include expenditure with US companies.

The MOD does not collate information centrally on the value of production work undertaken in the UK on contracts placed by the US Department of Defense.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
35243
Session
2015-16
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Defence Procurement USA
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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