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22. Mr. McFall

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that have been(a) created and (b) sustained as a result of procurement decisions announced since May 1997. [152719]

33. Mr. Borrow

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the number of jobs(a) created and (b) sustained as a result of procurement decisions announced since May 1997. [152730]

Dr. Moonie

Over 60,000 new contracts are placed each year and the Ministry of Defence does not record the number of jobs created or sustained as a result of each individual procurement decision. It is estimated that the number of UK jobs dependent on defence expenditure and equipment exports is approximately 345,000.