Military Aircraft: Expenditure
(asked on 13th March 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on Air ISTAR in each financial year since 2019-20.
The Air ISTAR total spend on equipment costs by financial year is as follows:
FY | Total spend (£million) |
2019-20 | 302.925 |
2020-21 | 319.208 |
2021-22 | 246.961 |
2022-23 | 183.014 |
The Air ISTAR total spend on operating costs by financial year is as follows:
FY | Total spend (£million) |
2019-20 | 30.236 |
2020-21 | 25.847 |
2021-22 | 18.070 |
2022-23 | 16.099 |
The Air ISTAR team is a specific project team in DE&S and the figures above represent the total spend of that team. The figure does not represent the total spend on all Air ISTAR projects across Defence.