Ministry of Defence: Expenditure

(asked on 8th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the gross amount is of expenditure by his Department in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010, (f) 2015 and (g) 2020.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 13th January 2021

The information requested is provided in the following table:

Financial Year

Expenditure (£billion)[1]

1989-1990

£20,755

1994-1995

£22,519

1999-2000

£22,572

2004-2005

£29,524

2009-2010

£37,425

2014-2015

£35,850

2019-2020

£41,024

The Net Cash Requirement (NCR) has been provided to give a consistent time series. Due to accounting processes changing overtime, the NCR is the most accurate way to give these figures allowing for comparison over time.

[1] These figures are in current prices and have not been adjusted for inflation.

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