Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2018 to Question 188235 on Defence: Scotland and with reference to the Scottish Government's document entitled Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland 2017-18, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of disaggregating his Department's data on defence spending in Scotland to separate resource and capital expenditure.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
We do not collate data on total Defence spending figures for Scotland (or any other part of the UK) and, therefore, it cannot be disaggregated to separate resource and capital expenditure.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2018 to Question 907182 on Defence: Scotland, how much of the £1.592 billion of his Department's expenditure in 2016-17 was spent on (a) maritime, (b) land and (c) air equipment.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The budgetary structure of the Ministry of Defence does not show separately the costs of the three individual Armed Services. This is because large parts of the Armed Services operate as fully integrated joint organisations in which elements from the Navy, Army and Air Force work closely together and share land, buildings and facilities, and sometimes equipment. The attached table shows expenditure with Scottish industry broken down by industry group.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2018 to Question 907182 on Defence: Scotland, if he will estimate the total defence spending by (a) current and (b) capital expenditure in Scotland in each year for which information is available since 2010-11.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Our regional analyses do not provide a breakdown on whether defence spending relates to resource or capital expenditure.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
What estimate he has made of the change in real terms defence spending in Scotland since 2010.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Ministry of Defence (MOD) expenditure with Scottish industry has increased in real terms from £1.372 billion in 2013-14 to £1.592 billion in 2016-17.
The number of jobs supported by MOD expenditure with industry in Scotland currently stands at 10,500, and this has increased every year since 2013.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has instituted an inquiry into leaked correspondence in the last month; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Gavin Williamson
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 July 2018 to Question 159554 to the hon. Member for Llanelli (Nia Griffith).
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on investigating documents leaked from his Department.
Answered by Gavin Williamson
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 July 2018 to Question 159554 to the hon. Member for Llanelli (Nia Griffith).
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the REACH chemical framework on the defence supply chain.
Answered by Guto Bebb
The Ministry of Defence is working closely with defence industry and other Government Departments to understand the opportunities and implications of EU exit for the defence sector, including REACH.