Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2017 to Question 59855, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to monitor how many of the jobs announced by Boeing at the Farnborough Air Show are created.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Boeing are committed to working together to build prosperity, growth and exports across the country.

MOD Ministers and Boeing senior executives meet regularly to monitor and document progress on these plans. There is also frequent engagement between the company and other officials from the MOD and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

On average, Boeing has hired one new person per day in the UK throughout 2015 and 2016 and that trajectory is set to continue.