§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total expenditure was on procurement by each of the services in the last year for which figures are available; and how much of the procurement budget for each was spent in Wales. [137308]
§ Mr. IngramI refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the then Under-Secretary of State on 17 December 2002,Official Report, column 715W, to the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson). The latest 328W figures for spend on procurement in terms of Service or environment remain those for 1998–99, and were published by the Defence Analytical Services Agency in the United Kingdom "Defence Statistics" for 2000 available in the Library of the House.
The Ministry of Defence systems changed following the introduction of Smart Acquisition and the move from cash accounting to resource accounting and budgeting. Consideration moved from recording and analysing inputs to the armed forces to providing capability.
The latest figures regarding expenditure by the Defence Procurement Agency, broken down by capability, are expected to be published later this month and copies will be placed in the Library of the House. The figures are not broken down into spend in regional areas.