HC Deb 23 July 2004 vol 424 cc724-5W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of departmental contracts over £250,000 for textile items went to(a) UK companies manufacturing (i) inside and (ii) outside the UK and (b) EU companies manufacturing in the EU in the latest year for which figures are available. [183780]

Mr. Caplin

During the period of the last twelve months there have been 21 clothing contracts let over the value of £250,000. This breaks down as follows:

(a) UK Manufacturer

of which:

 17
(i) Inside UK percentage 68
(ii) Outside UK percentage 32
(b) EU Manufacturer

of which:

 4
(i) Inside EU percentage 17.5
(ii) Outside EU percentage 82.5