Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Lewer (Con - Northampton South) People in Northampton South are desperately short of NHS dental provision—indeed, in Duston there are - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Friend please give a meeting to me and my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for South Swindon - Speech Link
3: Jane Stevenson (Con - Wolverhampton North East) It was my huge pleasure to host the aerospace defence and security industry apprenticeships event in - Speech Link
4: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) Members for Livingston (Hannah Bardell) and for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson), and my - Speech Link

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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)

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Feb. 06 2024

Source Page: Called-in decision: Former London Television Centre, 60-72 Upper Ground, London (ref: 3306162 - 6 February 2024)
Document: Called-in decision: Former London Television Centre, 60-72 Upper Ground, London (ref: 3306162 - 6 February 2024) (PDF)

Found: There is no disagreement about the methodology for calculation and the established industry standard

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Lords Chamber
Arts - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Bragg (Lab - Life peer) The creative arts generate more revenue than the life sciences and the aerospace and construction industries - Speech Link
2: Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab - Life peer) and a 21% decline in GP appointments.Some integrated care systems, including creative health hubs in West - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hooper (Con - Life peer) Indeed, I have come across RAD examiners working away in South Africa and New Zealand and even in El - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD - Life peer) The National Theatre’s commitment to touring and the Lowry’s role as its home venue in the north-west - Speech Link

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Select Committee

1st Report - The Ukraine Effect: The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the UK–EU relationship

Report Jan. 31 2024

Committee: European Affairs Committee

Found: financial, aviation and shipping sectors as well as strategic sectors of the economy such as defence, aerospace

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Select Committee

European Council on Foreign Relations, The Policy Institute, King’s College London, and University of Warwick

Oral Evidence Jan. 29 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s economic security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: Actually, when we look at the data, we see that Mexico is importing more from Vietnam or Thailand, south-east

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Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) capabilities, not only in armed forces and in the size of their armies but in manufacturing, whether in aerospace - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) The first are the UK’s relationships with the global South. - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) We need to shift parts of our defence industry and MoD procurement on to an urgent operational footing - Speech Link

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Select Committee

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

SUP0025 - Securing the domestic supply chain

Written Evidence Jan. 24 2024

Inquiry: Securing the domestic supply chain
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: The aerospace, automotive and defence industries all provide models for partnership with the maturing

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