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Defence Equipment: Procurement

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 16 July 2026UIN 17109

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 3 December 2024 to question 15863 on Defence Equipment: Procurement, what his Department’s direct spend is for goods manufactured in China for a) 2024-25 and b) 2025-26.

Answered by Luke Pollard

Year

Spend (rounded to nearest £100,000)

2019-20

£3.7 million

2020-21

£2.7 million

2021-22

£3.1 million

2022-23

£3.7 miliion

2023-24

£5.3 million

2024-25

£4.3 million

The table shows spend from China peaked in the final full year of the last administration.

We are unable to provide details of the specific items purchased as this spend data is captured by the MOD to monitor contractual spend. Statistical analysis and reporting is a secondary function.

Work on gathering the necessary data for reporting 2025-26 figures is still underway so we are currently unable to provide a figure for China spend in this most recent year.

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