Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled British Army announces new artillery deal with Sweden, published on 16 March, what proportion of the workshare for the Archer artillery system contract announced in that release will be based in the UK.

The agreement for the purchase of artillery systems from Sweden, is for 14 Archer systems which were originally built by BAE Systems Bofors in Sweden. As these units have already been built and are being transferred from Sweden to the British Army, there is no workshare to apportion.