Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 26 November 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the defence procurement budget was in (a) absolute terms and (b) as a proportion of total government spend for each year since 1988; and what proportion of procurement was (a) domestically and (b) internationally sourced for each of those years.
The table below shows the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) total procurement spend since financial year 2009-10. Figures before this date are not available.
Total MOD Procurement Spend (£billion) | Total Managed Expenditure (£billion) | Proportion of Total Managed Expenditure | |
2009-10 | £22.1 | £695.2 | 3.2% |
2010-11 | £20.0 | £717.4 | 2.8% |
2011-12 | £20.1 | £717.3 | 2.8% |
2012-13 | £20.4 | £731.8 | 2.8% |
2013-14 | £20.3 | £733.8 | 2.8% |
2014-15 | £19.6 | £750.4 | 2.6% |
2015-16 | £19.4 | £756.8 | 2.6% |
2016-17 | £19.1 | £772.0 | 2.5% |
It is not possible to provide data on the proportion of MOD procurement sourced domestically or internationally.
The MOD routinely publishes statistics on the equipment contracts it places on gov.uk at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-trade-and-industry-index
The MOD also publishes a breakdown of expenditure with UK industry. This can also be found on gov.uk at the following link:
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