Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has prepared any impact assessments covering the defence manufacturing industry after the UK leaves the EU.

The Government has undertaken a wide range of work preparing for negotiations since the referendum and this work is ongoing. As part of this we have looked at 58 sectors of the economy, including the defence sector.

As the Secretary of State has made consistently clear: our analysis is not, nor has it ever been, a series of impact assessments examining the quantitative impact of Brexit on the 58 sectors. Where appropriate, an impact assessment often accompanies major bills and regulations to illustrate the effects of the changes.