To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has paid to the European Defence Agency in each year since it was established; and what estimate he has made of the sum of such payments to the agency in each of the next three years. (261285)

The amount paid to the European Defence Agency (EDA) in each of the financial years since it was established in 2004 is as set out following:

I am unable to provide an estimate of the payments for further years as we have yet to enter into negotiations with other EDA partners over future budgets.