Departmental Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent (a) in England, (b) in Wales, (c) in Northern Ireland and (d) overseas on (i) equipment, (ii) non-equipment expenditure, (iii) service personnel costs and (iv) civil personnel costs in each year since 1997. (293427)

Estimated direct MOD expenditure for the sub-UK areas and categories requested for the years where data are available are provided in the following tables.

*England*
£ million at current prices (VAT exclusive)
	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Total	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	19,780	21,020	21,100	22,910	23,450	23,320
Of which:
Equipment expenditure	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8,230	8,380	8,350	9,350	9,620	9,910
Non Equipment expenditure	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4,190	4,830	4,900	5,320	5,610	5,280
Service personnel costs	n/a	2,940	2,980	5,130	5,460	6,070	5,970	6,190	6,270	6,220
Civilian personnel cost	1,760	1,830	1,780	1,780	1,900	1,740	1,880	2,050	1,950	1,910

*Wales*
£ million at current prices (VAT exclusive)
	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Total	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	340	430	370	380	400	390
Of which:
Equipment expenditure	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100	130	110	100	120	130
Non Equipment expenditure	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90	140	100	120	100	80
Service personnel costs	n/a	70	60	100	110	120	120	120	140	140
Civilian personnel cost	40	40	40	30	40	40	40	40	40	40

*Northern Ireland*
£ million at current prices (VAT exclusive)
	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Total	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	540	550	500	550	590	650
Of which:
Equipment expenditure	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120	90	60	70	60	120
Non Equipment expenditure	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70	90	70	110	140	140
Service personnel costs	n/a	180	170	250	270	300	290	280	300	300
Civilian personnel cost	70	70	70	70	80	70	80	90	90	90

*Overseas*
£ million at current prices (VAT exclusive)
	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Total	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	2,870	3,260	3,480	3,760	3,990	4,440
Of which:
Equipment expenditure	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,260	1,470	1,710	1,880	2,170	2,630
Non Equipment expenditure	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150	180	140	160	160	160
Service personnel costs	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,010	1,080	1,190	1,180	1,230	1,150	1,140
Civilian personnel cost	230	240	230	330	380	420	450	490	510	510
n/a = Denotes that data were not available for all the sub UK areas for these years. ¹ Denotes not applicable. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10 million. 2. Indirect expenditure, such as subcontracted work, is not reflected in these figures. 3. Personnel costs exclude contributions made by MOD to the Armed Forces Pensions Scheme and War Pensions Scheme. 4. Reliable data for equipment and non equipment expenditure are not available for all the sub UK areas for the years prior to 2002-03.

The defence budget is not formally allocated at sub-UK level. Defence Procurement provides the UK armed forces with the equipment needed as efficiently as possible to deliver the best value for money for the armed forces regardless of where the items are procured or MOD personnel are located. The Defence Budget is planned on this basis to achieve the optimum allocation of resources in relation to current defence objectives and priorities.

Volume 497: debated on Thursday 22 October 2009