HC Deb 03 July 1996 vol 280 c464W
Sir Jerry Wiggin

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the estimated value of British manufactured offset in relation to the AWACS order to date; how much it is expected the total offset will be; and how much offset was originally promised by the American suppliers. [35211]

Mr. Arbuthnot

The AWACS offset obligation was discharged in 1992. By that time, Boeing had submitted to my Department reports listing contracts placed with United Kingdom firms totalling some $2.1 billion, of which we agreed $1.57 billion to count for offset credit. This latter figure exceeded the 130 per cent. target set in the offset agreement.