Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of the defence budget that was spent in Scotland in each year since 2009-10.

The Ministry of Defence does not hold total Defence expenditure figures for Scotland (or any other part of the UK) and, therefore, cannot calculate the proportion of the Defence budget spent in Scotland. However, regional statistics on Defence expenditure with industry in Scotland, and other parts of the UK, are publicly available.

These statistics can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-regional-expenditure-with-uk-industry-and-supported-employment-201617

It must be noted that Defence expenditure with industry is only a portion of total Defence expenditure in the region.