Army Equipment (European Collaboration)

HC Deb 24 May 1988 vol 134 c160W

80. Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of Army equipment is currently produced through European collaboration.

Mr. Sainsbury

Provision made in the Supply Estimates for 1988–89 for Army equipment being procured through collaborative projects involving our European allies amounts to 7 per cent. of the Army equipment budget.