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Select Committee
Vertical Aerospace
 IPO0057 - Industrial policy

Written Evidence Mar. 05 2024

Inquiry: Industrial policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: IPO0057 - Industrial policy Vertical Aerospace Written Evidence

Written Question
Aerospace Industry and Defence: Employment
Wednesday 7th February 2024

Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what number and proportion of UK jobs are in the (a) aerospace and (b) defence industry in each constituency as of 2 February 2024.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

This information is not held in the format requested.

However, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) does hold a regional breakdown of direct jobs supported in UK industry by MOD expenditure. In Financial Year (FY) 2021-22 MOD expenditure supported an estimated 209,000 direct and indirect jobs in UK industry. In that same period the breakdown of direct jobs supported by MOD expenditure in each region was:

Region

FY2021-22

UK Total

130,000

East Midlands

6,900

East of England

6,200

London

8,200

North East

900

North West

16,600

Northern Ireland

600

Scotland

12,200

South East

29,100

South West

37,400

Wales

4,500

West Midlands

5,000

Yorkshire and The Humber

2,500

The MOD regional expenditure with UK industry and commerce and supported employment report for FY2021-22 can be found here: MOD regional expenditure with UK industry and commerce and supported employment 2021/22 (revised August 2023) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Select Committee
WMCA
 IPO0041 - Industrial policy

Written Evidence Mar. 05 2024

Inquiry: Industrial policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: These are electric light vehicles and battery storage; health-tech and med-tech; aerospace; logistics

Select Committee
ADS Group
 DSN0005 - Defence Spending in Northern Ireland

Written Evidence Mar. 20 2024

Inquiry: Defence Spending in Northern Ireland
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)

Found: ADS is the trade association for the UK’s aerospace, defence, security, and space industries, representing

Westminster Hall
Space Industry - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) agree that, with engineering the largest subsector in Northern Ireland and especially in the field of aerospace - Speech Link
2: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) Last month, Slingshot Aerospace announced that it will expand into the UK, with new offices in London - Speech Link
3: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) engage with schools and colleges, we have already seen literally thousands of schoolchildren from the south-west - Speech Link
4: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) Member for Glasgow North West (Carol Monaghan). I congratulate the hon. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 23 Feb 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Cherilyn Mackrory (Con - Truro and Falmouth) When people drive right down into the west of Cornwall and the constituency of my hon. - Speech Link
2: Chris Clarkson (Con - Heywood and Middleton) is in space and aerospace. - Speech Link
3: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) what the space sector provides through the supply chain across the country, but particularly in the south-west - Speech Link
4: Ruth Jones (Lab - Newport West) I am a little bit anxious that the Minister will forget Airbus, which is in Newport West. - Speech Link
5: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Clearly, Airbus and British Aerospace are the two really big aerospace companies, but the industry is - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 02 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda) Friend the Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan), the Minister point blank refused to deny that at - Speech Link
2: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) Member for Harrow West (Gareth Thomas) was pushing for: dynamic alignment with the EU, which would lock - Speech Link
3: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Sir Conor Burns), I signed a state-level arrangement with Texas - Speech Link
4: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) Friend what the Department has done to ensure that we can increase aerospace exports? - Speech Link
5: Alan Mak (Con - Havant) Friend, who I know is a strong champion of aerospace exports in this House. - Speech Link

Written Statements
Advanced Manufacturing Plan and UK Battery Strategy - Mon 27 Nov 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Jeremy Hunt) announced a £4.5 billion package of support for - Speech Link

Select Committee
Sustainable Aviation
 IPO0042 - Industrial policy

Written Evidence Mar. 05 2024

Inquiry: Industrial policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: About Sustainable Aviation a.Sustainable Aviation (SA) is the coalition of UK airlines, airports, aerospace

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Department for Business and Trade

Nov. 26 2023

Source Page: Advanced manufacturing plan
Document: Advanced manufacturing plan (PDF)

Found: Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, East Midlands, West Midlands and the North East , all of which have