After clarification I understand that your question refers to how much the Department has spent on joint European equipment acquisition projects over the past 10 years. Records containing the information you seek for all joint European equipment projects is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. I am, however, able to provide you with expenditure information on the largest of these projects drawing on information published in the Major Project Reports. This is provided in the table.
The table includes costs for the Type 45 destroyer project. This is a UK project, but an element of the costs relate to procurement of the Sea Viper (formerly PAAMS) missile, which is being procured collaboratively with France and Italy. The costs for Sea Viper are not recorded separately.
It has only been possible to provide expenditure incurred in-year for the years 2000 to 2008. This information was not collected for Major Projects Report 2009.
£ million Description Cost up to March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 A400M — — 2 0 36 67 94 135 230 Beyond Visual Range Air-To-Air Missile (BVRAAM) — — — 83 41 91 86 69 97 Eurofighter (Typhoon) 4,367 1,077 1,110 1,136 884 908 1,101 1,208 502 Eurofighter Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids (ASTA) — — 76 55 39 22 — — — Typhoon Future Capability Programme — — — — — — — — 70 Medium Range TRIGAT 107 2 — — — — — — — Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV) 6 11 4 9 — — — — — T45 Destroyer (including Sea Viper (PAAMS)) — — 487 367 641 777 581 624 640 Total 4,480 1,090 1,679 1,650 1,641 1,865 1,862 2,036 1,539