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Western European Armaments Group: Finance

Volume 472: debated on Tuesday 4 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) annual budget of and (b) UK’s contribution to the Western European Armaments Group was in each year from 1997 to 2005. (190719)

The Western European Armaments Group budgets and UK contribution to those budgets for the years 1997 to 2005 were as follows:

Approved WEAG budget (€)

UK contribution (€)

UK contribution in sterling (estimated using the average general accounting rate (GAR) for that year)

2005

950,000.00

128,212.00

89,321.00

2004

483,855.00

65,301.00

45,091.00

2003

552,840.00

74,611.00

48,484.00

2002

844,544.00

113,980.00

70,931.00

2001

984,971.00

132,932.00

82,448.00

2000

631,669.00

103,278.00

68,478.00

1999

478,452.00

78,227.00

55,237.00

1998

450,720.00

73,693.00

49,708.00

1997

438,058.00

71,623.00

49,057.00