§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the share by value, and the total value in current and standard prices, of British production of(a) warships, (b) aircraft for military purposes, including the training of pilots, and (c) tanks and other armoured vehicles which was for (i) domestic and (ii) export purposes in each year since 1984.
§ Mr. Charles WardleI have been asked to reply.
The information is given in the following tables.
Table 1: Defence production expenditure for domestic (United Kingdom) use £ millions Sea equipment Air equipment Fighting vehicles Current prices 1984–85 1,925 3,003 131 1985–86 2,128 2,761 155 1986–87 2,134 2,644 148 1987–88 2,475 2,807 212 1988–89 2,421 2,652 235 1989–90 2,642 2,717 180 1990–91 2,700 2,718 252 1991–92 2,809 2,930 243 1992–93 2,720 2,460 149 1993 prices 1984–85 1,210 1,887 82 1985–86 1,413 1,833 103 1986–87 1,464 1,813 102 1987–88 1,784 2,023 153 1988–89 1,850 2,027 180 1989–90 2,161 2,223 147 1990–91 2,350 2,366 219 1991–92 2,604 2,716 225 1992–93 2,630 2,379 144 Source:
Table 1.6 UK Defence Statistics series or from the Defence Analytical Services Agency, table 2.1 "Economic Trends", October 1994.
Notes:
Sea equipment includes the full militarisation of the standard equipment.
Air equipment excludes the cost of training pilots. This information is not available.
Fighting vehicles excludes maintenance.
Estimates of 1993 prices were derived from current price figures using the implied deflator for GDP at market prices.
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Table 2: United Kingdom exports of defence equipment £ millions Warships Military aircraft and parts Armoured fighting vehicles and parts SBAC identified additional aerospace equipment Current prices 1984 40 212 146 1,310 1985 4 174 127 940 1986 12 192 87 1,312 1987 61 326 56 1,853 1988 26 813 59 1,406 1989 41 1,524 52 717 1990 3 1,206 70 1,904 1991 8 1,367 66 807 1992 3 838 89 811 1993 24 1,310 147 n/a
Table 2: United Kingdom exports of defence equipment £ millions Warships Military aircraft and parts Armoured fighting vehicles and parts SBAC identified additional aerospace equipment 1993 prices 1984 25 133 92 823 1985 3 116 84 624 1986 8 132 60 900 1987 44 235 40 1,335 1988 20 621 45 1,074 1989 34 1,247 43 587 1990 3 1,050 61 1,657 1991 7 1,267 61 748 1992 3 810 86 784 1993 24 1,310 147 n/a Source:
Table 1.11 UK Defence Statistics series or the Defence Analytical Services Agency.
Table 2.1 "Economic Trends", October 1994.
Notes:
These figures for exports of identified defence equipment are understated because of dual-use products, for example Land Rovers. The estimates of additional military exports are based on figures from the Society of British Aerospace Companies. They relate only to those items where the official commodity classifications do not distinguish between military and civil aerospace equipment.
These are liable to alter from year to year in line with changes to the classifications.
Exports for collaborative projects are excluded.
Estimates of 1993 prices were derived from current price figures using the implied deflator for GDP at market prices.
n/a—Not available.