| Heading: |
Defence: Expenditure |
| Question ID: |
1805035 |
| UIN: |
53817 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1211 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Andrew Mitchell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Andrew Mitchell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of expenditure by his Department on businesses in the West Midlands. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
The Ministry of Defence spent £1.6 billion in the West Midlands in 2023-24, which equates to £260 per person in the region and directly supported 7,100 jobs. This includes £137 million spent directly with SMEs in the same period. Through the Defence Indus... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |