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Written Question
NATO
Monday 5th July 2021

Asked by: Mary Robinson (Conservative - Cheadle)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

What steps he is taking to modernise and strengthen the NATO alliance.

Answered by Ben Wallace

The UK is working with Allies to ensure NATO continues to protect the Euro-Atlantic area from current and future threats. At the Summit on 14 June, leaders agreed new proposals on deterrence and defence, emerging and disruptive technology, resilience, strengthening relationships with NATO Partners and climate security. NATO remains the cornerstone of our defence and the UK is the leading European Ally in the Alliance.


Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Cheadle
Monday 4th November 2019

Asked by: Mary Robinson (Conservative - Cheadle)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has his Department has made of the economic effect on the local economy of (a) spending and (b) investment allocated by his Department to Cheadle since 2010.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan

The Ministry of Defence's (MOD) over-riding priority is to provide national security for the UK as a whole and its extensive regional footprint exists to provide UK national security.

Spending or investment decisions are appraised on the basis of costs and benefits to UK society overall irrespective of the location of the expenditure, as required by HM Treasury Green Book.

The department does not routinely undertake assessments of the effect of national spending or investment decisions on local economies.

MOD Regional Expenditure with UK Industry and Commerce and Supported Employment is published at the Government Office Regional level as a National Statistic at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/774871/Finance_and_economics_annual_statistical_bulletin_201718.pdf