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Ministry of Defence: Israel

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Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 21683, tabled on 8 January 2016

Question

Kevin Brennan
Labour
Cardiff West
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on Israeli products in each of the last three years.

Answer

Mr Philip Dunne
Conservative
Ludlow
Commons

Answered on

13 January 2016


This information is not held centrally in the format requested. However, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has made the total value of payments below against contracts where the MOD Commercial teams have identified Israel as the location of some or all of the work required for the completion of the overall contract.

Financial Year

Total Value of Payments (£ million)

2012-13

18.9

2013-14

25.5

2014-15

15.8

These figures may not include all subcontracted components of Israeli manufacture and may include subcontracted components manufactured in countries other than Israel. The analysis is based on Location of Work codes and does not relate to the billing address of companies nor is it based on ownership of the companies involved in the production of the product.

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