HC Deb 20 January 1998 vol 304 cc471-2W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of arms sales to the Philippines in each of the last five years. [22995]

Mr. Spellar

The estimated value of UK defence sales, including services, to the Philippines in each year since 1993 is as follows in £ million:

  • 1993: 0.85
  • 1994: 0.05
  • 472
  • 1995: 83.71
  • 1996: 3.34
  • 1997: 0.65.

These figures are based on voluntary returns from industry, are expressed in current prices, and relate to new contracts signed rather than to financial receipts or actual deliveries.

The figure for 1997 may not be complete as full final quarter information will not be available until April of this year.

Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the value of arms sales by each member of the European Union in each year since 1990. [22809]

Mr. Spellar

The value of UK defence exports in each year since 1990, in £ billion, is estimated at:

  • 1990: 4.8
  • 1991: 3.6
  • 1992: 5.3
  • 1993: 7.1
  • 1994: 4.5
  • 1995: 5.0
  • 1996: 5.1
  • 1997: 5.2

These figures are expressed in current prices and relate to contracts signed rather than to receipts or actual deliveries, and are based on voluntary returns from industry.

Other EU countries publish export figures on various bases, but no consistent and comprehensive official figures for EU-wide exports have been published. The World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfer, published by the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, provides details on world defence equipment deliveries.

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