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Defence: Employment

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 911619, tabled on 1 February 2021

What assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on employment of the defence settlement.

Answered on

1 February 2021

The Ministry of Defence already supports over 390,000 jobs in the UK and in 2019, the UK won £11billion worth of export orders. The multi-year defence settlement will protect this important contribution and build on it by investing in cutting edge capabilities, research and development.

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