Departmental Expenditure Mr. Hurd To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of expenditure by his Department in each of the Government office regions in the most recent year for which figures are available. Derek Twigg The latest available estimates for aggregate MOD expenditure in the Government offices for the English regions, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the UK as a whole, are detailed in the following table: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Estimated total (£ million at current prices)| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |United Kingdom |15,770 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |14,050 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East |1,450 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |510 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |720 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |310 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |1,790 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |4,060 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |4,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |650 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and Humberside |560 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scotland |1,150 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wales |230 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Ireland |340 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:All figures are for financial year 2004-05, have been rounded to the nearest £10 million, are exclusive of VAT and expressed at current prices.| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It should be noted that MOD places work where it obtains best value for money and capability for our forces. Work is placed “in” a region but not necessarily “for” that region. The location of these is not a primary concern. Mr. Hurd To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much programme expenditure sponsored by his Department was spent via each of the Government offices for the regions in the most recent year for which figures are available. Derek Twigg None.