§ Lord Astor of Heverasked Her Majesty's Government:
What percentage of the Ministry of Defence support vehicle contract will be spent outside the United Kingdom. [HL1288]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)I refer the noble Lord to the Answer that I gave him on 17 November 2004 (Official Report, col. WA 172). Negotiations are still ongoing with MAN ERF UK Ltd, the preferred bidder in the support vehicle project. The company has made a commitment to assemble the vehicles in the UK and to source a range of assemblies in the UK, but until negotiations are complete, it would be neither appropriate nor feasible to provide a definitive figure.