Military Equipment: Israel Nick Harvey To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the value was of UK military-related imports from Israel in each of the last five years. Mr. Bob Ainsworth The total value of UK imports of defence equipment from Israel, for the last five years where data are available, are given in the following table. ------------------------------------------------------------- | |£ million1| ------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |5 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |42 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |8 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |2 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Rounded to nearest £ million at current prices| | ------------------------------------------------------------- Data are based on HM Revenue and Customs information relating to defence equipment reported to UK Customs. Defence equipment is identified by an agreed set of tariff codes intended to capture the movement of military equipment.