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Written question asked by John P Smith (Labour) on Thursday, 16 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 February 2006. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Thursday, 2 March 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Defence Contracts

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of defence contracts were awarded to BAE Systems in (a) 2002–03, (b) 2003–04 and (c) 2004–05; what the value was in each case; and how many were won through competitive tenders.
Answer

Based on data derived centrally from the Defence Bills Agency database, the following table details by value the proportion of contracts, and those won in competition, awarded directly to BAE Systems and their subsidiaries. The database represents the vast bulk of payments to the Ministry of Defence contractors but excludes local imprest accounts, contracts placed on behalf of other Government Departments, collaborative contracts placed through European Government Agencies and those awarded by MOD's trading fund agencies.

£ billion £ billion Percentage £ billion Percentage
Financialyear (a) Total MOD contracts (b) BAES contracts Proportion (b) to (a) (c) Competitive tenders Proportion (c) to (b)
2002–03 15.835 1.120 7 0.493 44
2003–04 11.978 0.562 5 0.012 2
2004–05 12.650 0.573 5 0.116 20

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
443 c869-70W;443 c869-70W; 54098
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Contracts Defence BAE Systems
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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