Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of equipment purchased by his Department and in use by his Department was manufactured (a) in and (b) outside the UK.

For the Financial Year 2023-24, the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) total global expenditure with industry and commerce, including Foreign Military Sales and direct payments to Foreign Governments, was £34.6 billion of which £5.5 billion (16%) related to work that took place outside of the UK. Statistics on MOD expenditure with industry are published annually on the gov.uk website at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-regional-expenditure-statistics-with-industry-202324