USA: Defence
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the (a) UK pays the US and (b) US pays the UK in defence-related expenditure each year.
Answered by Maria Eagle
The Department routinely publishes its regional spend with industry, including North America. In financial year 2023-24 the Department's defence related expenditure with North America was £2.48 billion, of which £2.38 billion was for work taking place in the US. This is just one example of the special relationship between the UK and the US on Defence.
US defence-related expenditure with the UK is not captured centrally and cannot be provided.
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