HC Deb 18 April 1988 vol 131 cc331-2W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of his Department's procurement expenditure was spent in(a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) each of the standard English regions, during the last available financial year.

Mr. Sainsbury

Percentage regional estimates of the Ministry's equipment procurement expenditure during the financial year 1986–87 are as follows :

Area Percentage distribution1
Wales 2
Scotland 5
Northern Ireland 1
North 8
Yorkshire and Humberside 3
East Midlands 3
East Anglia 3
South East 49
South West 13
West Midlands 4
North West 9

1 These individually rounded estimates are based only on the location of the main contractors, and do not allow for subcontract work done in different regions. Expenditure on international collaborative projects is excluded.