§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was raised in the last financial year from the Treasury levy on the export sales of defence equipment whose development was funded by the Government; and if he will list the 10 items of equipment whose export sales raised the most money under the levy in the past year with, in each case, the rate of the levy and the sum raised. [5170]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotCommercial exploitation levy receipts in 1995–96 from export sales of defence equipment whose development was funded in whole or in part by my Department totalled £21.9 million. Levy arrangements are negotiated case by case, either on the basis of fixed percentage rates according to the nature of the equipment or through profit-sharing schemes. Details of levy arrangements for individual equipments are commercially confidential, as are the amounts raised in support of specific sales.