Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's planned expenditure is on UK defence attachés in each year to 2020.
The following information shows Ministry of Defence funding for the Defence Attaché and Advisor Network to financial year (FY) 2019-20 including costs associated with the British Defence Section in Washington.
| FY2016-17 | FY2017-18 | FY2018-19 | FY2019-20 |
Attaché Costs | £39,616,021 | £39,372,162 | £38,899,766 | £40,433,147 |
FCO Platform Charges | £13,136,434 | £15,470,882 | £15,689,819 | £15,970,923 |
Total | £52,752,455 | £54,843,044 | £55,589,585 | £56,404,070 |