(2) which defence procurement contracts are in place between his Department and BAe Systems;
(3) what the value is of each defence procurement contracts in place between his Department and BAe Systems.
Central records indicate the Ministry of Defence currently has some 785 separate direct contracts in place with BAE Systems. These are listed in an extensive table which I have placed in the Library of the House. The number excludes small-value local purchase orders, contracts placed on behalf of other nations and other Government departments and those where BAE Systems is a subcontractor or a member of an industry consortium. The approximate value of each contract is indicated in the table placed in the Library by reference to a value band.
The combined value of the 785 contracts, as at 8 June 2007, was some £24,893 million. I am withholding the precise value of individual contracts and the total cost to the public purse as its release would, or would be likely to, prejudice commercial interests. The scale of total payments made to major BAE Systems divisions over the past five financial years on all direct contracts, as published by the Defence Analytical Services Agency, is shown in the table.
Organisation 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 BAE Systems (Defence Systems) Ltd 50-100 25-50 25-50 25-50 10-25 BAE Systems (Land and Sea Systems) Ltd 10-25 — — — — BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd >250 >500 >500 >500 >500 BAE Systems Defence Ltd 25-50 — 5-10 5-10 5-10 BAE Systems Electronics Ltd >250 >500 >500 >500 >500 BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies Ltd — — — — 100-250 BAE Systems Land Systems (Munitions and Ordnance) Ltd — — — 100-250 100-250 BAE Systems Land Systems (Weapons and Vehicles) Ltd — — — 50-100 100-250 BAE Systems Marine (YSL) Ltd 100-250 50-100 100-250 50-100 50-100 BAE Systems PLC 5-10 100-250 100-250 — — BAE Systems /Rockwell Collins Data Link Solutions LLC — — — — 5-10 BAE Systems Avionics Ltd 100-250 — — 100-250 — BAE Systems (Combat and Radar Systems) Ltd 25-50 — — — —