Asked by: Mark Fletcher (Conservative - Bolsover)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Scotland Office, what assessment he has made of the impact of the level of defence spending in Scotland on the Scottish economy.
Answered by John Lamont - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)
Defence spend contributes significantly to delivering thousands of high-skilled jobs and investment in Scotland, not least through shipbuilding at which we are a world leader.
The latest figures show that in 2021/22, MoD expenditure with industry and commerce in Scotland totalled more than £2 billion.
That is the equivalent of £370 per person and higher than the average of £310 per person for the whole UK.