Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the evidential basis to support the Prime Minister's 19 November 2020 statement that the increase in defence spending will create 10,000 jobs every year.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) publishes statistics which set out the number of jobs in the UK currently estimated to be supported by existing Defence spend.

Using an MOD jobs calculator that estimates the number of jobs supported per pound of MOD spend, the MOD estimate that as a result of the new investment the Prime Minster announced, an average of 10,000 jobs will be supported in UK industry and commerce every year within the four year settlement period, in addition to those currently supported in the UK Defence sector.